The Belgian Presidency of the Council has postponed the vote on the EU Supply Chains Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The decision was taken off the agenda during the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) on Friday, a spokesperson announced. It was deemed uncertain at that time whether a qualified majority would be achieved.Reports […]
The EU intends to adopt the still-missing European Standards for Sustainability Reporting (ESRS) in June 2026, two years later than planned. The Council and the Parliament provisionally agreed on this on Wednesday; they still need to formally approve the outcome. This extension aims to give companies more time to focus on the already adopted cross-cutting […]
Once again, the EU supply chain directive is causing trouble within the traffic light coalition: Yesterday, federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) sent a letter to the other EU member states, explaining Germany’s abstention in the vote scheduled for tomorrow and reiterating his criticism of the proposed directive extensively. A senior government official criticized […]
The EU Parliament passed a resolution in Strasbourg on Wednesday that clearly criticizes Norway’s decision to open up areas for deep-sea mining. 523 out of 616 MEPs voted in favor of the draft. The resolution calls on the EU Commission, the Member States and all other countries to support an international moratorium on deep-sea mining […]
The EU Parliament is voting today on the trilogue outcome for an amendment to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. This is to align the law with a ruling from the European Court of Justice. Part of the agreement is also a reassessment of the directive by the EU Commission, which is already […]
On Friday night, the Council and the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the Right to Repair Directive. The aim of the draft remains to enhance opportunities for repairing products within and beyond statutory warranties. However, the trilogue outcome entails changes regarding the scope, obligation to repair, content of the information form, and the online […]
In just two political trilogues, the Council and Parliament must reach an agreement on the planned ban on imports of products from forced labor. The first meeting is scheduled for today, Tuesday, just a few days after the Council adopted its general approach on Friday. The 45 minutes scheduled for this meeting will initially only […]
On Friday, the EU Council adopted its negotiating mandate for a regulation banning products made using forced labor. The law is intended to ban the import of products on the EU internal market manufactured using forced labor defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition. This is primarily aimed at products from China. In the […]
On Friday, the EU Council adopted its negotiating mandate for a regulation to ban products made using forced labor. The law is intended to ban products on the EU internal market manufactured using forced labor per the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition. In the mandate, the member states have made several changes to the Commission’s […]
Several business associations have called on the German government and the EU Council Presidency to reject the EU Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in its current form. In a joint letter, the VCI, VDMA, ZVEI, BGA, Gesamtmetall, the SME association ZGV, the Stiftung Familienunternehmen und Politik, and Textil+Mode urge that the European directive be “stopped”. The […]