Circular Economy Act: further postponement of the presentation, now scheduled for 18 November 2026

The European Commission’s presentation of the Circular Economy Act has been postponed once again and is now scheduled for 18 November 2026, a week after the previously set date of 11 November 2026, News Tank learned on 3 November 2026. This is the date listed on the Commission’s tentative forthcoming agenda (and is therefore still subject to change), and Commissioners Teresa Ribera and Stéphane Séjourné are still set to present it.

When asked about the reason for this further delay, a Commission spokesperson stated that “work is still ongoing”. Originally scheduled for the third quarter of 2026, the publication of the Circular Economy Act had been postponed following the rejection of its impact assessment by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board. Commissioner Jessika Roswall had stated on 21…