Shipments of waste: export of mixed municipal waste for recovery to Switzerland

Procedure 2026/0099(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Shipments of waste: export of mixed municipal waste for recovery to Switzerland”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 10 Jul 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 18 Jun 2026 (final vote): adopted with 559 votes in favour, 7 against and 5 abstentions.

Reference

2026/0099(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 as regards the prohibition to export mixed municipal waste destined for recovery

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Shipments of waste: export of mixed municipal waste for recovery to Switzerland (C10-0108/2026), 18 Jun 2026: final vote, adopted, 559 for, 7 against, 5 abstentions

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 29 Jun 2026: Council (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 27 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions. All 27 member states in favour. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

1. 21 May 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 16 Jun 2026: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
3. 18 Jun 2026: EP position at 1st reading
4. 8 Jul 2026: Signature
5. 10 Jul 2026: Publication in the Official Journal

• All procedures

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)