2005/0281(COD)

Waste Framework Directive

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on waste

Stage: In force, reached 22 Nov 2008
In force: In force since 12 Dec 2008 · CELEX 32008L0098
Transposition deadline: 12 Dec 2010
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG: DG ENV
Last activity: 24 May 2026

7 entries · record as of 15 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Commission plans implementing act under parent act, 24 May 2026.

19 Jan 2006
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
13 Feb 2007
- EP position at first reading
21 Feb 2008
- Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
17 Jun 2008
- Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP
19 Nov 2008
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
22 Nov 2008
- Publication in the Official Journal
24 May 2026
- Commission plans implementing act under parent act

10 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 6 planned, 3 published, 1 objected.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Registration in 1 reporting to the register of producers of certain textile, textile-related & footwear products	Implementing · Regulation	Planned	Q2 2027
Tourism correction factor for food waste reduction targets	Implementing · Decision	Planned	Q3 2027
Union-wide end-of-waste criteria for textile waste	Implementing · Decision	Planned	Q4 2026
New reporting obligations for used textiles and textile waste stemming from the 2025 amendment of the WFD.	Implementing · Decision	Planned	Q1 2027
EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for plastic waste	Implementing · Regulation	Planned	Q4 2025
Format of the carbon footprint declaration for batteries	Implementing · Regulation	Planned	Q2 2026
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2025/934	Delegated · Decision	Published	Q1 2025
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2023/2581	Delegated · Decision	Published
Rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of average loss rates for sorted waste	Delegated · Decision	Objected	Q1 2019
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597	Delegated · Decision	Published	Q4 2018

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

2 documents

Documents

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Text adopted · Directive 2008/0098Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 312 23.11.2008, p. 0003Commission

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The Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC, as amended) sets the EU's waste hierarchy, by-product and end-of-waste rules, and extended producer responsibility requirements. It obliges Member States to establish waste management plans and prevention programs, including food waste targets. The 2025 amendment adds textile EPR schemes, applying to small enterprises from 17 April 2029.

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