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title: "EU Green Claims Directive Procedure Calendar"
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description: "Track cited EU Green Claims Directive proposal milestones: Commission proposal, Parliament first reading, Council general approach, and current procedure status."
published_at: "2026-05-09"
updated_at: "2026-05-26"
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  - "EU Green Claims Directive"
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# EU Green Claims Directive Procedure Calendar

Track cited EU Green Claims Directive proposal milestones: Commission proposal, Parliament first reading, Council general approach, and current procedure status.

*Green Claims* *Procedure calendar* *EU*

## EU Green Claims Directive Proposal procedure calendar

An official source calendar for the Green Claims Directive proposal, limited to official EU procedure milestones and status signals.

No final act has been official source here, so this calendar does not invent transposition or application deadlines.

The Green Claims Directive remains a legislative proposal in procedure 2023/0085(COD). This calendar helps track only cited milestones: the Commission proposal, Parliament's first-reading position, the Council general approach, and the recorded procedure status.

## Current procedure status

The official source procedure file identifies the Green Claims Directive as procedure 2023/0085(COD) under the ordinary legislative procedure. Its recorded status is awaiting the Council's first-reading position.

That status means this page should not show adopted-act application dates, Member State transposition deadlines, or business compliance start dates unless a later final act is added to the sources.

- Procedure reference: 2023/0085(COD).
- Instrument type in procedure: proposal for a directive.
- Official source status: awaiting Council's first-reading position.
- Blocked from this calendar: final transposition and application deadlines, because no adopted final Green Claims Directive is based on the available sources.

Sources for this answer:

- [European Parliament Legislative Observatory procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - Supports the procedure reference and current status as awaiting the Council's first-reading position.
- [EUR-Lex procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2023_85?ref=sorena.io) - Supports that the file is an ongoing ordinary legislative procedure for COM(2023) 166.

*Recommended next step*

*Placement: after procedure section*

## Review Green Claims proposal readiness

Use the proposal-stage calendar to separate confirmed EU procedure milestones from internal claim-substantiation preparation work.

- [Open Green Claims Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Answer Green Claims procedure and substantiation questions with cited source material.
- [Discuss Green Claims readiness](/contact.md): Review claim inventories, proposal-stage assumptions, and official source next steps with Sorena.

## 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](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52023PC0166&ref=sorena.io) - Supports the 22 March 2023 Commission proposal milestone and the proposal's subject matter.
- [European Parliament first-reading position, 12 March 2024](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0131_EN.html?ref=sorena.io) - Supports Parliament's first-reading adoption date and the link to procedure 2023/0085(COD).
- [Council general approach, ST 11312/24](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the 17 June 2024 Council general approach milestone for the Green Claims Directive proposal.

## What not to calendar yet

A compliance calendar for an adopted directive would normally track entry into force, transposition, application, and national implementation measures. Those dates are not included here because the cited sources support a proposal-stage procedure, not an adopted final Green Claims Directive.

Teams can still prepare claim inventories and substantiation files, but those are internal readiness actions. They are not statutory Green Claims Directive deadlines unless later official sources establish them.

- 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 keep monitoring official procedure records for the Council first-reading position and any final adopted text.

Sources for this answer:

- [European Parliament Legislative Observatory procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - Supports treating the file as still in procedure rather than as an adopted directive with final compliance deadlines.
- [Council general approach, ST 11312/24](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - Supports describing the Council document as a general approach rather than a final adopted act.

## Primary sources

- [Commission proposal COM(2023) 166 final](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52023PC0166&ref=sorena.io) - Primary source for the 22 March 2023 proposal milestone and the proposed directive's subject matter.
  - Quote: "COM/2023/166 final"
- [European Parliament first-reading position, 12 March 2024](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0131_EN.html?ref=sorena.io) - Primary Parliament source for the first-reading position adopted on 12 March 2024.
  - Quote: "first reading on 12 March 2024"
- [Council general approach, ST 11312/24](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - Primary Council source for the general approach approved by Council Environment on 17 June 2024.
  - Quote: "General approach"
- [European Parliament Legislative Observatory procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - Procedure source for the current status: awaiting the Council's first-reading position.
  - Quote: "Awaiting Council's 1st reading position"
- [EUR-Lex procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2023_85?ref=sorena.io) - EUR-Lex procedure source for the ordinary legislative procedure record and Parliament first-reading step.
  - Quote: "Procedure 2023/0085/COD"

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