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EU Green Claims Directive status and deadline calendar

No Green Claims Directive has been adopted, so the proposal creates no transposition, application, or business compliance deadline.

The European Parliament's record, updated 20 June 2026, marks the proposal as blocked. It remains pending rather than formally withdrawn.

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May 9, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
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Published May 9, 2026
Updated Jul 24, 2026
Overview

The Green Claims Directive proposal has no compliance dates. Procedure 2023/0085(COD) is blocked: two trilogues took place in 2025, the Commission announced on 20 June 2025 that it intended to withdraw the proposal, and the planned third trilogue was cancelled. The proposal was still listed as pending in the 2026 Commission Work Programme, and a June 2026 Council budget document says negotiations are at a standstill and no agreement is expected in 2026. This calendar separates those events from the binding dates in the distinct .

Section 1

Current procedure status

The Green Claims file reached interinstitutional negotiations, with trilogues on 28 January and 24 April 2025. The Commission announced on 20 June 2025 that it intended to withdraw the proposal, and Parliament reported that the Council cancelled the trilogue scheduled for 23 June.

The Parliament Legislative Train record, updated 20 June 2026, labels the file blocked and says the 2026 Commission Work Programme lists it as pending. A June 2026 Council budget document separately says negotiations are at a standstill and no agreement is expected in 2026. Neither source records a formal withdrawal or final act.

  • Procedure reference: 2023/0085(COD).
  • Instrument type in procedure: proposal for a directive.
  • 28 January and 24 April 2025: first and second trilogues.
  • 20 June 2025: Commission withdrawal-intent announcement.
  • 23 June 2025: planned third trilogue cancelled.
  • 21 October 2025: the 2026 Commission Work Programme was adopted; Parliament's current record says it lists the proposal as pending.
  • 20 June 2026 status snapshot: Parliament's Legislative Train marks the proposal as blocked.
  • June 2026 Council snapshot: negotiations are at a standstill and no agreement is expected in 2026.
  • No Green Claims transposition or application date exists unless the institutions later adopt and publish a final directive.
Sources for this answer
European Parliament Legislative Train: substantiating and communicating green claims
The record updated 20 June 2026 supports the blocked status, the two 2025 trilogues, the withdrawal-intent announcement, cancellation of the third trilogue, and the proposal's pending listing in the 2026 Commission Work Programme.
Commission announcement of intention to withdraw the proposal
Supports the 20 June 2025 announcement of an intention to withdraw; it does not establish a formal withdrawal act.
Parliament statement following cancellation of the third trilogue
Supports cancellation of the trilogue scheduled for 23 June 2025.
Council draft amending budget No 2 to the 2026 general budget
Supports the June 2026 statement that negotiations are at a standstill and no agreement is expected in 2026; it does not establish formal withdrawal or closure.
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Section 2

Official source legislative milestones

The calendar starts with the Commission proposal published on 22 March 2023. The proposal is COM(2023) 166 final and concerns substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims.

The European Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 12 March 2024. The Council Environment formation approved a general approach on 17 June 2024, giving the Council's negotiating text against the Commission proposal.

  • 22 March 2023: Commission proposal COM(2023) 166 final published.
  • 12 March 2024: European Parliament position adopted at first reading.
  • 17 June 2024: Council Environment approved its general approach on the Green Claims Directive proposal.
  • After those milestones: procedure tracking should follow the official procedure files rather than assumed compliance dates.
Sources for this answer
Commission proposal COM(2023) 166 final
Supports the 22 March 2023 Commission proposal milestone and the proposal's subject matter.
European Parliament first-reading position, 12 March 2024
Supports Parliament's first-reading adoption date and the link to procedure 2023/0085(COD).
Council general approach, ST 11312/24
Supports the 17 June 2024 Council general approach milestone for the Green Claims Directive proposal.
Section 3

What not to calendar yet

A compliance calendar for an adopted directive would track publication, entry into force, transposition, application, and national implementation measures. None can be calculated from the Commission proposal, Parliament position, or Council general approach because each is a negotiating document rather than a final act.

Teams may inventory claims, identify supporting evidence, and monitor the procedure. Those are internal readiness actions, not statutory Green Claims Directive deadlines.

  • Do not list a national transposition deadline for the Green Claims Directive from the proposal alone.
  • Do not list an EU application date unless an adopted final act provides one.
  • Do not convert Council or Parliament negotiating positions into final compliance obligations.
  • Do monitor the official procedure record for resumed negotiations, formal withdrawal, or an adopted final text.
Sources for this answer
European Parliament Legislative Train: substantiating and communicating green claims
Supports treating the file as blocked and pending, not adopted or officially withdrawn, and therefore as having no final compliance deadlines.
Council general approach, ST 11312/24
Supports describing the Council document as a general approach rather than a final adopted act.
Section 4

Separate binding consumer-law dates

on empowering consumers for the green transition is a separate, adopted directive. Member States had to transpose it by 27 March 2026, and its national measures apply from 27 September 2026.

Those dates govern amendments to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Consumer Rights Directive. From 27 September 2026, national measures implementing apply to practices such as unsupported generic environmental claims, certain sustainability labels, and product-neutrality claims based on greenhouse-gas offsetting. These are not Green Claims Directive dates and do not make COM(2023) 166 law.

  • 26 March 2024: entered into force, 20 days after publication in the Official Journal.
  • 27 March 2026: transposition deadline.
  • 27 September 2026: national measures applying begin to apply.
  • Before 27 September 2026, confirm the applicable national law and its commencement provisions; from that date, Member States must apply their implementing measures.
  • 27 September 2031: deadline for the Commission's report on the application of .
  • Keep the adopted consumer-law prohibitions separate from voluntary preparation against the Green Claims proposal.
Sources for this answer
Directive (EU) 2024/825
Primary adopted text for entry into force, transposition, application, and Commission reporting dates of the separate Empowering Consumers Directive.
Primary sources

References and citations

Council general approach, ST 11312/24
data.consilium.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Supports describing the Council document as a general approach rather than a final adopted act.
"General approach"
Directive (EU) 2024/825
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Primary adopted text for entry into force, transposition, application, and Commission reporting dates of the separate Empowering Consumers Directive.
"27 September 2026"
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