Transitional rules: what runs out under the old rules

In detail

The basic rule

Until 21 May 2026 the old Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 largely continued to apply Art. 85(2). Since then, the new regulation applies to every new application.

What runs to its end under the old rules

• Acknowledged notifications. Where the competent authority of destination acknowledged receipt of a notification before 21 May 2026, the old regulation continues to apply to those shipments Art. 85(3). EDM keeps handling their transport, receipt and treatment reports as before; changes or additions have not been possible since 21 May 2026 (BMLUK).
• Consents under the old rules. Recovery or disposal must be completed within one year of 21 May 2026, that is by 21 May 2027 Art. 85(5).
• Shipments to pre-consented facilities with a consent under Article 14(2) of the old regulation: to be completed within three years of 21 May 2026 Art. 85(6).
• Pre-consents for facilities under the old rules expire within five years of 20 May 2024, that is on 20 May 2029 Art. 85(7). In Austria they were granted under the old regulation together with § 71a AWG 2002; all shipments to those facilities must also be completed by 20 May 2029 (BMLUK).

What became invalid

Notifications submitted before 21 May 2026 that had no acknowledgement yet became invalid on that day. Because the new regulation numbers notifications differently, applications saved as drafts in eVerbringung were deleted automatically on 21 May 2026; new applications have only been possible in EDM since that day (BMLUK).

For exports, the BMLUK had therefore advised not to file applications after 31 March 2026: an acknowledgement from the authorities of destination could no longer be expected by 21 May 2026, and such notifications have to be submitted again under the new rules.