MFF 2028- 2034 Council publishes negotiating box including WEEE levy

The document, released on 11 June 2026 under the Cypriot Presidency, sets out the issues to be addressed in the budget negotiations.

Among the proposed new own resources, the levy on non-collected waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) remains in the negotiating box at EUR 2 per kg, as originally proposed by the Commission. The levy is still shown in brackets, meaning that no agreement has been reached among Member States at this stage.

The negotiating box is not a final Council position and is not binding on any delegation. EU heads of state and government discussed it at the European Council meeting on 18 and 19 June 2026.

In their conclusions, leaders called on the incoming Irish Presidency to take the work on the negotiating box forward by the October European Council, with a view to reaching an agreement before the end of 2026.

This would allow the adoption of the legislative acts in 2027 and ensure that EU funding reaches beneficiaries without interruption from January 2028.

Further discussions are planned at the special MFF summits on 26-27 November and on 17-18 December. If an agreement is reached, formal adoption and inter-institutional procedures are expected to follow in 2027.

The European Parliament already adopted its negotiating position in April, not challenging the proposed new levy on non-collected WEEE and calling for a budget around 10% above the Commission proposal.

As reported in June’s Compass, a broad industry coalition – including Landbell Group company, European Recycling Platform – is calling for the proposal’s rejection.

Their joint statement flags unreliable and methodologically inconsistent collection data, the conflation of uncollected with improperly disposed waste, and an inherent design flaw: if collection improves, revenues shrink, making the levy either fiscally unreliable or environmentally ineffective.

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