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Regulatory integrity is the licence to operate in this industry. AC STEEL conducts its activity in accordance with Polish and EU environmental and waste-management law.
COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK
The company’s registered activity covers the collection of non-hazardous waste (PKD 38.11.Z) together with the recovery and recycling of raw materials. As the EU tightens its waste-shipment and circular-economy rules, the ability to evidence lawful sourcing, correct classification and full chain-of-custody has become a genuine competitive differentiator — and one we treat as non-negotiable.
APPLICABLE LEGISLATION
EU Regulations apply directly in Poland, while Directives are transposed into national law. The principal acts governing the collection, classification, recovery and movement of copper and other non-ferrous scrap are set out below.
Directive 2008/98/EC — am. by (EU) 2018/851
The cornerstone of EU waste law: defines waste, by-product and end-of-waste, sets the five-step waste hierarchy and the core duties for separate collection, recovery and recycling.
Council Regulation (EU) No 715/2013
Directly on point for our trade — fixes the quality, process and documentation criteria under which copper scrap ceases to be waste and becomes a product, with a statement of conformity per consignment.
Council Regulation (EU) No 333/2011
The parallel end-of-waste regime for iron, steel and aluminium scrap; the benchmark for the quality-management systems applied to mixed metal streams.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
Governs intra-EU and cross-border movements of waste, including metal scrap. Replaces Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, tightens exports to non-OECD countries and digitalises notifications; applies progressively from 2026.
Commission Decision 2000/532/EC
The harmonised classification catalogue. Copper-bearing scrap is coded 17 04 01 (copper, bronze, brass) and 19 12 03 (non-ferrous metals); correct coding underpins every transfer and shipment.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
The chemicals regime that applies once scrap ceases to be waste and is placed on the market as a material — including recovered-substance registration duties and exemptions.
Directive 2010/75/EU
Integrated permitting and best-available-techniques requirements for larger recovery and metallurgical installations; frames the obligations of downstream processors.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
Designates copper a strategic raw material and sets EU benchmarks for recycling and circularity, reinforcing the security-of-supply value of compliant secondary metal.
Ustawa z dnia 14 grudnia 2012 r. o odpadach
Transposes the Waste Framework Directive: licensing of waste collection and treatment, record-keeping and the basis for the BDO database — the principal statute governing our PKD 38.11.Z activity.
Rejestr BDO (established under the Act on Waste)
The national electronic register and records system: mandatory registration, waste records (ewidencja) and the electronic waste-transfer note (karta przekazania odpadów, KPO) for every consignment.
Ustawa z dnia 27 kwietnia 2001 r. — Prawo ochrony środowiska
The general environmental framework: environmental permits, emission limits and the polluter-pays principle that underpins installation-level obligations.
Rozporządzenie Ministra Klimatu z 2.01.2020 r. w sprawie katalogu odpadów
Implements the EU List of Waste in Poland, providing the codes used to classify copper and non-ferrous scrap (e.g. 17 04 01, 19 12 03, 16 01 18).
This overview is provided for general information and does not constitute legal advice; where required, AC STEEL acts on formal permits and current legal counsel.
COMPANY REGISTRATION DATA
Legal name
AC STEEL Sp. z o.o.
Registered office
ul. Syta 114Z, lok. 1, 02-987 Warszawa, Poland
KRS
0000268003
NIP
9512199831
REGON
140763637
President of the Board
Marek Suchowolec
e-Delivery (e-Doręczenia)
AE:PL-14215-62605-AATEF-30
In operation since
2006
Core PKD
38.11.Z