What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Change 39

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b, Article 34 – paragraph 2 a: ‘2a. Member States shall ensure that the opinion referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, point (aa), is prepared in full respect of the obligation on undertakings not to seek to obtain from undertakings in their value chain which, on their balance sheet dates, do not exceed the average number of 1000 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year any information that exceeds the information specified in the standards for voluntary use referred to in Article 29ca, except for additional sustainability information that is commonly shared between undertakings in the sector concerned.’;

Added:Article 34 – paragraph 2a

Added:Amendment: 2a. Member States shall ensure that the opinion referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, point (aa), is prepared in full respect of the obligation on undertakings not to seek to obtain from undertakings in their value chain which, on their balance sheet dates, do not exceed the average number of 1750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year any information that exceeds the information specified in the standards for voluntary use referred to in Article 29ca, except for additional sustainability information that is commonly shared between undertakings in the sector concerned.’;

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Change 40

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b a (new), Article 34 – paragraph 2 b (new): (b a)(ba) the following paragraph 2b is inserted: / ‘2b. Member States shall ensure that the opinion referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, point (aa), is prepared in full respect of the possibility of undertakings in the value chain to omit to provide information in exceptional cases where an undertaking established under the legislation of a third-countrythird country could be sanctioned due to third-country legislation simply by transmitting sustainability data.’;

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Change 41

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point -a (new), Article 40a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: (- a)(-a) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: / ‘A Member State shall require that a subsidiary undertaking established in its territory whose ultimate parent undertaking is governed by the law of a third country publish and make accessible a sustainability report covering the information specified in points (a)(iii) to (a)(v), points (b) to (f) and, where appropriate, point (h) of Article 29a (2), and in accordance with Article 29a(3), at the group level of that ultimate third-country parent undertaking.’;

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Change 42

Changed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a, Article 40a – paragraph 1 – pointsubparagraph a:2: ‘The first subparagraph shall only apply to subsidiary undertakings which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 in the preceding financial year.’;

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b, Article 40a – paragraph 1 – subpargraph 4: (b) the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following: / ‘The rule referred to in the third subparagraph shall only apply to a branch where the third-country undertaking does not have a subsidiary undertaking as referred to in the first subparagraph, and where the branch generated a net turnover exceeding EUR 450 000 000 in the preceding financial year.

Change 43

Added:Amendments 65 and 336

Added:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b a (new)

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Change 44

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b a (new), Article 40a – paragraph 1 – subpargraph 5: (ba) the fith subparagraph is deleted / (deleted)

Added:Article 40a – paragraph 1 – subpargraph 5

Added:Amendment: (ba) the fifth subparagraph is deleted / (deleted)

16 unchanged paragraphs

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point -a (new), Article 49 –paragraph 2 – first sentence: (-a) in paragraph 2, first sentence, the reference to Article 29c is deleted;

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point -a a (new), Article 49 – paragraph 3 – first sentence: (-aa) in paragraph 3, first sentence, the reference to Article 29c is deleted;

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point -a b (new), Article 49 – paragraph 3b: (-ab) paragraph 3b is amended as follows: / (i) in the first subparagraph, introductory wording, the reference to Article 29c is deleted ; / (ii) in the fourth subparagraph, the reference to Article 29c is deleted; / (iii) in the sixth subparagraph, the reference to Article 29c is deleted.

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – introductory part, Article 49 – paragraph 3c: (a) the following paragraphs 3c and 3d are inserted:

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a, Article 49 – paragraph 3c: ‘3c. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 29ca shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period from [date of entry into force of amending Directive].

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a, Article 49 – paragraph 3d: 3d. The delegations of powers referred to in Article 29ca may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a, Article 49 – paragraph 3e: deleted

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b, Article 49 – paragraph 5: ‘5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 1(2), Article 3(13), Articles 29b, 29ca or 40b, or Article 46(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.’.

Change 45

Added:Amendments 238 and 298

Added:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i

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Change 46

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i, Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point – b – point i: ‘(i) to undertakings which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1000 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year;’;

Added:Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point (i)

Added:Amendment: (i) to undertakings which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year;’;

Added:Amendments 239 and 299

Added:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii

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Change 47

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii, Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii: ‘(ii) to parent undertakings of a group which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1000 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year;’;

Added:Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1– point b – point (ii)

Added:Amendment: (ii) to parent undertakings of a group which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year;’;

Added:Amendments 240 and 300

Added:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point i

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Change 48

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point i, Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b – point i: ‘(i) to issuers as defined in Article 2(1), point (d) of Directive 2004/109/EC which are undertakings which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1000 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year;’;

Added:Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3– point b – point (i)

Added:Amendment: (i) to issuers as defined in Article 2(1), point (d) of Directive 2004/109/EC which are undertakings which, on their balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year;

Added:Amendments 241 and 301

Added:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point ii

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Change 49

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point ii, Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b – point ii: ‘(ii) to issuers as defined in Article 2(1), point (d) of Directive 2004/109/EC which are parent undertakings of a group which, on its balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1000 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year;’;

Added:Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3– point b – point (ii)

Removed:Directive (EU) 2024/1760

Added:Amendment: (ii) to issuers as defined in Article 2(1), point (d) of Directive 2004/109/EC which are parent undertakings of a group which, on its balance sheet dates, exceed the average number of 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c: ‘(c) the obligation for companies to adopt a transition plan for climate change mitigation, which aim to ensure, through reasonable efforts, compatibility of the business model and of the strategy of the company with the transition to a sustainable economy and with the limiting of global warming in line with the Paris Agreement.’;

Added:Amendments 397 and 302