Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste

2023/0234(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2023/0234(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 26 Sep 2025.

Reference
2023/0234(COD)
Type
Ordinary legislative procedure
Status
Completed, 2nd reading
Lead
ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion
AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development (opinion: Clara Aguilera (S&D, Spain))
ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs
IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection
ITRE Industry, Research and Energy
Shadow rapporteurs
Emma Fourreau (The Left, France), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens/EFA, Denmark), Jeannette Baljeu (Renew, Netherlands), Flavio Tosi (EPP, Italy), Jana Nagyová (PfE, Czechia)
Earlier terms
Rapporteur: Anna Zalewska (ECR, Poland)
Shadows: Marisa Matias (The Left, Portugal), Malte Gallée (Greens/EFA, Germany), Heléne Fritzon (S&D, Sweden), Róża Thun und Hohenstein (Renew, Poland), Dace Melbārde (EPP, Latvia)
Opinions
5 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Votes in the Council of the EU

  • 23 Jun 2025: Council (Agriculture and Fisheries), Adoption of a Council's position (at first reading) and Adoption of the statement of the Council's reasons: adopted; Member states: 27 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions. All 27 member states in favour. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

  1. 31 Aug 2023: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

  1. 12 Sep 2023: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  2. 2 Oct 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
  3. 24 Jan 2024: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  4. 14 Feb 2024: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  5. 23 Feb 2024: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  6. 13 Mar 2024: Plenary vote results; EP position at 1st reading with amendments
  7. 22 Oct 2024: Interinstitutional negotiation (2 times, most recently on 18 Feb 2025)
  8. 18 Mar 2025: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible

2nd reading

  1. 10 Jul 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 14 Jul 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  3. 15 Jul 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  4. 16 Jul 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  5. 9 Sep 2025: Plenary vote results (agenda); Approval of the Council’s position by the EP at 2nd reading (adoption of the legislative act)
  6. 10 Sep 2025: Signature
  7. 26 Sep 2025: Publication in the Official Journal

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.