The European Union is developing a new, EU-wide system for waste transport registration called DIWASS. This system is designed to modernize and harmonize the management of waste shipments across Member States, making cross-border compliance easier for hauliers, authorities, and other stakeholders.

Today, in several Member States, electronic approaches to shipments of waste are already in place. At the same time, some Member States do not have any digital system for this purpose.

This dual approach ensures that all Member States—regardless of whether they currently have a digital system in place—can participate seamlessly in the EU-wide framework.

Develop a central system so called graphical user interface (GUI): A website accessible directly by competent authorities and stakeholders involved in waste shipments.
Develop a central hub that allows the exchange of information and documents between DIWASS and local national systems, operated by certain competent authorities, as well as corporate software or software offered by commercial software providers (interconnection via APIs).

This dual approach ensures that all Member States—regardless of whether they currently have a digital system in place—can participate seamlessly in the EU-wide framework.

What does mean DIWASS?

DIWASS (Digital Waste Shipment System) will provide a centralized digital platform for the registration, monitoring, and exchange of waste shipment information across the EU. It is being developed to ensure all waste transport operations are compliant with EU regulations, while providing a more efficient and standardized approach than the current fragmented national systems.

This dual approach ensures that all Member States—regardless of whether they currently have a digital system in place—can participate seamlessly in the EU-wide framework.

Which Member States send their request to the European Commission?

The technical requirements for DIWASS were established under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290, adopted on 2 July 2025. The regulation followed extensive consultations within the Committee on Waste, which unanimously supported the draft act.

Under the EU Waste Shipment Regulation, non-OECD countries wishing to continue receiving waste from the EU were required to submit their requests to the European Commission by 21 February 2025.

By this deadline, requests were received from the following countries:

Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

Member States that missed the deadline of 21 February 2025 can still submit requests, but the European Commission cannot guarantee that their assessments will be completed in time for the first official list of authorized countries to import EU waste.

What is important to keep in mind for carriers transporting waste?

In January 2026, the European Commission will publish detailed technical documentation for API interconnection, enabling commercial software and local systems to link with DIWASS efficiently. By 21 May 2026, all competent authorities and stakeholders will be able to submit and exchange waste shipment information digitally through DIWASS.

The European Commission will publish a comprehensive overview of DIWASS access rules on his website after 3 February 2026. Notably, the system will also be available to third-country authorities and operators voluntarily, facilitating broader international compliance.

How DIWASS will work ?

DIWASS is structured around three key components:

Notification procedure: Submission of shipment notifications, including generating and completing movement documents.
Annex VII documents: Creation and completion of documents for green-listed waste shipments.
Information exchange on recovery facilities: Providing operators with decisions and information regarding pre-consented recovery facilities.

Competent authorities may adopt a hybrid approach, requiring some functions to use the local system while others use the DIWASS website. Authorities are responsible for informing economic operators in their jurisdiction about the required access method.

What is included inside the green listed waste?

These waste types are listed in the EU Waste Shipment Regulation Annex III.

In this context “Green-listed” waste refers to non-hazardous waste that can be shipped within or outside the EU under simplified procedures because it poses minimal risk to human health or the environment. These wastes are considered safe enough that their movement doesn’t require the full notification procedures that apply to hazardous or “amber/red-listed” waste.

Common examples of green-listed waste include: