Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0085(COD)
Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Negotiations with the Council
Parliament adopted its position on 12 March 2024. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way (last trilogue 24 April 2025).
- Referred to committee(done) 1 June 2023
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 14 February 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 23 February 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 12 March 2024
- Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 24 April 2025
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Delara Burkhardt (S&D), Mep #209091 (S&D), Mep #124696 (Renew), Sandro Gozi (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Danuše Nerudová (EPP), Mep #197515 (EPP), Valérie Deloge (Patriots), Emma Wiesner (Renew), Pietro Fiocchi (ECR), Mep #197806 (ID), Kai Tegethoff (Greens), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Mep #197743 (The Left), Arba Kokalari (EPP), Laura Ballarín Cereza (S&D), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Kim van Sparrentak (Greens), Stefano Cavedagna (ECR), Mep #229352 (Greens), Carlo Fidanza (ECR), Alice Kuhnke (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left), Mep #197527 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Budgets
- Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurMep #112611 (EPP)
- Industry, Research and Energy
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 12 Mar 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed Green Claims Directive requires traders to substantiate explicit environmental claims with scientific evidence before making them public.
Tabled for plenary· 23 Feb 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a Green Claims Directive requires traders to substantiate and communicate explicit environmental claims, and to have them verified before publication.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (AGRI), Opinion (AGRI)
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
24 April 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
28 January 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
Plenary stage 3 steps
12 March 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0131/2024Report A9-0056/2024
11 March 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 11 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0116/2023Report A9-0056/2024
23 February 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
14 February 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
24 January 2024
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
13 November 2023
Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
11 October 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
1 June 2023
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0085(COD)