# Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on shipments of waste, amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) 2020/1056 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006

- Status: Amendments pending
- Legal order: European Union
- Legal area: Transboundary shipments of waste
- OJ L, 2024/1157, 30.4.2024, as amended
- Business profile: Recycling, Scrap trade, Waste shipments, Smelting

## In brief

Procedures for shipments of waste within the EU and exports outside the EU, mandatory electronic exchange (DIWASS), restrictions on exports to countries to which the OECD Decision does not apply, and audits of receiving facilities. The Basel Convention and the OECD Decision form the background of the regime.

## Key obligations

- waste listed in Annex III, IIIA or IIIB (e.g. scrap) – the Annex VII document made available electronically through the system referred to in Art. 27, including during transport (Art. 18(4))
- Annex VII completed no later than 2 working days before the shipment; confirmation of receipt within 2 working days (Art. 18(5) and (8))
- contract for recovery between the person who arranges the shipment and the consignee, with an obligation to take the waste back or ensure its alternative recovery if the shipment or recovery fails (Art. 18(10))
- notifications and decisions under the procedure of prior written notification and consent – exclusively electronic (Art. 27(1))
- from 21.05.2027 prohibition on exports of non-hazardous waste to countries to which the OECD Decision does not apply, except countries on the list (Art. 40(1)–(2), Art. 41)
- export from the EU to a facility audited by an independent third party no earlier than 2 years before the export (Art. 46(3) and (5))

## Competent authority

Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOŚ) (competent authority, correspondent); inspection: Regional Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (WIOŚ), National Revenue Administration (KAS), Border Guard, Road Transport Inspectorate (ITD)

## Penalties

Member States must at least be able to impose, where relevant, fines, revocation or time-limited suspension of the authorisation and time-limited exclusion from public procurement procedures (Art. 63(1)–(3)); in PL – Arts 31–33 of the Act on international shipments of waste (MPO)

## Entry into force

20.05.2024

## Application

from 21.05.2026 (Art. 86(2)); Art. 39(1)(d) from 21.11.2026; Arts 38(2)(b), 40, 44(2)(a), 46 and 47 from 21.05.2027 (Art. 86(3))

## Key dates

- 20.05.2024: entry into force (Art. 86(1))
- 21.05.2026: start of application, including DIWASS (Art. 86(2))
- 30.07.2026: amendment of Art. 44(2)(f) by Regulation (EU) 2026/1703 (mixed municipal waste)
- 21.11.2026: prohibition on exports of B3011 plastic waste to non-OECD countries (Art. 39(1)(d)); deadline for adoption of the list of countries (Art. 41(3))
- 01.01.2027: entries GC010 and GC020 cease to apply within the Union (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3230)
- 21.05.2027: prohibition on exports of non-hazardous waste to non-OECD countries and audit obligation (Arts 40, 46, 47)

## Pending changes

COM(2026) 590, 2026/0265(COD) (Public Procurement Act, proposal of 9.09.2026) – deletion of Art. 63(3)(c) (exclusion from procurement transferred to the new act); draft delegated regulation listing non-OECD countries (Art. 41) – adoption planned in Q4 2026. Delegated Regulation C(2026) 7390 of 26.10.2026 (green list: BEU06–BEU12, EU49, deletion of GC010 and GC020) – scrutiny by the EP and the Council.

## Related acts

- [DIWASS – electronic data exchange on shipments](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-wsr-2025-1290/)
- [List of non-OECD countries permitted to import waste (draft)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-wsr-wykaz-art41/)
- [Export of ‘green list’ waste to non-OECD countries](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-1418-2007/)
- [Act on international shipments of waste](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/pl-ustawa-mpo/)
- [Draft Act on transboundary shipments of waste](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/pl-projekt-utpo/)
- [European List of Waste (LoW)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-low/)
- [SENT Act (as regards waste)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/pl-sent-ustawa/)
- [Waste covered by SENT – regulation on goods](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/pl-sent-rozp-towary/)
- [Delegated Regulation C(2026) 7390 – green list (BEU06–BEU12, EU49)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-wsr-zielony-wykaz/)

## Official sources

- [Text of the act](http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1157/oj)
- [Consolidated text](http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1157/2026-07-30)
- [EUR-Lex – Regulation (EU) 2024/1157, document information, dates and relations](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32024R1157)
- [EUR-Lex – text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 (OJ)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202401157)
- [EUR-Lex – COM(2026) 183 adopted as Regulation (EU) 2026/1703](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52026PC0183)
- [EUR-Lex – COM(2026) 590](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52026PC0590)

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Register as of: 22.10.2026. The official text of the act prevails. IGMNiR. On the website: https://igmnir.org/en/law/#akt-eu-wsr