# Act on waste electrical and electronic equipment

Act of 11 September 2015 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (ustawa o zużytym sprzęcie elektrycznym i elektronicznym)

- Status: Amendments pending
- Legal order: Poland
- Legal area: Products and producer responsibility
- Dz.U. 2024 poz. 573 (consolidated text), as amended
- Business profile: Recycling, Scrap trade, Product manufacturers

## In brief

Transposition of the WEEE Directive: obligations of persons placing equipment on the market, distributors, collectors, treatment plants and recyclers, including collection and recovery rates and certificates in BDO.

## Key obligations

- Person placing equipment on the market: minimum annual collection rate of 65% of the average annual weight of equipment placed on the market (Art. 20(1)(2))
- Person placing equipment on the market: rates of recovery and of preparing for re-use and recycling by equipment group, e.g. 85% and 80% for groups 1 and 4 (Art. 21(1) and (2))
- Organisation and financing of the take-back and treatment of WEEE from private households (Art. 18(1))
- Distributor: take-back free of charge of WEEE of the same type at the point of sale and the place of delivery (Art. 37(1) and (2))
- Treatment plant and recycler: certificates concerning WEEE and confirming recycling in BDO (Art. 53(1), Art. 55(1))

## Competent authority

Marshal of the Voivodeship (BDO register, financial security), Regional Inspector for Environmental Protection (penalties – Art. 93(1)), Regional Inspector of Trade Inspection (Art. 93(2)), minister responsible for climate

## Penalties

Administrative fines of PLN 10,000 to 1,000,000 depending on the infringement (Arts 91–92); imposed by the Regional Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (WIOŚ) or the Regional Inspectorate of Trade Inspection (WIIH) (Art. 93).

## Entry into force

01.01.2016

## Application

in force

## Key dates

- 15.04.2024: publication of the consolidated text (Dz.U. 2024 poz. 573)
- 18.02.2027: entry into force of the amendment made by the Act of 23.01.2026 (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 176)

## Pending changes

Draft Act amending the Act on WEEE (ZSEE) and certain other acts (UC97, implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/884) – adopted by the Council of Ministers, referred to the Sejm (RCL, last modified 21.10.2026).

## Related acts

- [WEEE Directive (waste electrical and electronic equipment)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-weee/)
- [RoHS Directive (restriction of hazardous substances in EEE)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-rohs/)

## Official sources

- [Text of the act](https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20150001688)
- [Consolidated text](https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20240000573)
- [RCL – draft UC97](https://legislacja.gov.pl/projekt/12405004)

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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-pl-zsee