The first trilogue on Green Claims took place on 28 January 2025, during which the Parliament and the Council presented their mandates and priorities. This proposed Directive is about substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims. The co-Rapporteurs are Mr Sandro Gozi (Renew, IMCO) and Ms Delara Burkhardt (S&D, ENVI).
In a nutshell, Parliament's position provides for:
- Environmental marketing claims like "biodegradable" or "less polluting" to be submitted for verification before companies may use them
- Simpler and common types of claims to benefit from easier or faster verification
- Penalties including exclusion from procurement processes, confiscation of revenues, and a fine of at least 4% of annual turnover.
- Procedure File
- Reporting back on 1st trilogue meeting of 28 January 2025 at IMCO meeting of 18 February 2025
- Mandate (PDF - 3 MB)
- Recording of the vote on the decision to start trilogue negotiations with the Council at the joint-committee meeting of 4 December 2024
- Press release & More information following the adoption of the first reading position in plenary on 12 March 2024
- Press release & more information following the adoption of the report in committee
- Recording of the discussion on the amendments and compromise amendments at the joint-committee meeting of 24 January 2024