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Amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Reference
2023/0025(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 March 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Anna ZALEWSKA
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
4 versions

Where it stands

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  1. Referred to committee (done) 13 February 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 24 October 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 27 October 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 11 January 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 6 February 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 19 March 2024

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #130256 (EPP) former member, MEP #209091 (S&D) former member, MEP #96776 (Renew) former member, MEP #229352 (Greens) former member, MEP #96820 (The Left) former member

Decisions in plenary, 0

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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 4

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  1. Adopted by Parliament6 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0059/2024 TA-9-2024-0059

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  2. Adopted by Parliament9 Nov 2023

    Adopted text TA9-0392/2023 TA-9-2023-0392

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  3. Tabled for plenary27 Oct 2023

    Report A9-0311/2023 A-9-2023-0311

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  4. Committee draft13 Jun 2023

    Draft report (ENVI) ENVI-PR-746823

What changed

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Timeline, 10

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 13 Mar 2024–19 Mar 2024
  1. 19 March 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 13 March 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 1 step · 6 Feb 2024
  1. 6 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 6 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0059/2024Report A9-0311/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 9 Nov 2023–11 Jan 2024
  1. 11 January 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    ENVI-AG-757124

  2. 9 November 2023

    Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 2 steps · 27 Oct 2023–9 Nov 2023
  1. 9 November 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 9 Nov 2023 Adopted text TA9-0392/2023Report A9-0311/2023

  2. 27 October 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0311/2023

Committee stage 3 steps · 13 Feb 2023–24 Oct 2023
  1. 24 October 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 13 June 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ENVI)

  3. 13 February 2023

    Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)”. Dossier. reference 2023/0025(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0025 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0025(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0025(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0025}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0025},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0025(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0025(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}