Waste Shipment Regulation

The European Commission has published a draft delegated regulation to clarify how non-hazardous e-waste can be shipped between Member States from 1 January 2027.

The proposal would replace the current GC010 and GC020 entries with a new EU-specific classification, BEU09, covering properly treated and depolluted WEEE, non-hazardous components and non-hazardous fractions resulting from WEEE processing.

These streams could continue to move under the general information requirements of Article 18, without prior notification and consent.

By contrast, non-hazardous WEEE that has not undergone proper treatment would fall under a new entry (EU49) and remain subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

The proposal broadly reflects recommendations set out in a joint industry paper co-signed by ERP in July, which called for non-hazardous intra-EU e-waste shipments to retain access to the green-list procedure beyond 1 January 2027.

The paper argued that this would reduce unnecessary administrative barriers while preserving traceability and environmental safeguards.

The stakeholder consultation on the draft delegated regulation closed on 15 September 2026. The Commission will now finalise the act ahead of 1 January 2027, when the current GC010 and GC020 entries cease to apply.

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