On 23 April 2024, Parliament adopted the Regulation on Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market. The co-Rapporteurs for this file are Ms Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES (S&D, IMCO) and Ms Samira RAFAELA (Renew, INTA). The text now has to get a final formal approval from the EU Council. It will then be published in the Official Journal. Member states will have to start applying the rules in 3 years time.
In a nutshell, under the agreement:
- Suspected use of forced labour will be investigated and, if proven, products will be withdrawn from the market
- The decision to open an investigation is to take into account whether a product is from an area where there is high risk of state-imposed forced labour
- Products can be allowed back on the market if forced labour is eliminated from the supply chain.
- Procedure File
- Press release + more information following the formal adoption in plenary on 23 April 2024 of the Regulation
- Press Release + More information on the provisional agreement reached between Parliament and Council on 4 March 2024
- Mandate (PDF - 2 MB)
- Reporting back on the trilogue of 30 January 2024 during the committee meeting of 13 February 2024 (DOCUMENT - 7 MB)
- Press Release following the adoption of the report by INTA and IMCO Members on 16 October 2023
- Recording of the presentation of the draft report at the INTA-IMCO meeting of 23 May 2023
- Recording of the discussion at the joint INTA-IMCO committee meeting of 26 April 2023
- Recording of the Presentation by the Commission in Committee
- Recording of the discussion in committee of 18 July 2023 on the amendments tabled