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Green Claims Directive: Committees simplify Commission draft

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Published: February 14th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

According to the Green Claims Directive, environmental claims about a product should be verifiable.

The draft of the Green Claims Directive presented by the European Commission in spring 2023 has been simplified in the deliberations of the EU Parliament’s lead committees. The parliamentarians are thus accommodating the industry, which had criticized the draft as overregulating and costly. The previously informal agreement is to be officially adopted today, Wednesday, in the Environment and Consumer Protection Committees. The plenary is due to vote on the report in mid-March.

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