--- title: "EU Green Claims Directive proposal status FAQ" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/proposal-status" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/proposal-status" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Current source-linked status of the EU Green Claims Directive proposal: Commission proposal, Parliament first reading, Council general approach, and procedure records." published_at: "2026-05-09" updated_at: "2026-05-09" keywords: - "EU Green Claims Directive" - "Green Claims proposal status" - "COM(2023) 166" - "2023/0085(COD)" - "Council general approach" - "Green Claims" - "proposal status" - "environmental claims" - "substantiation" - "communication" - "verification" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # EU Green Claims Directive proposal status FAQ Current source-linked status of the EU Green Claims Directive proposal: Commission proposal, Parliament first reading, Council general approach, and procedure records. *FAQ* *Green Claims* *EU* ## EU Green Claims Directive proposal status FAQ The Green Claims Directive is grounded here as a legislative proposal in procedure 2023/0085(COD), not as an adopted final directive. Use this page to separate the Green Claims proposal from the already adopted Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green transition. The EU Green Claims Directive should be treated as a live ordinary legislative procedure unless a later adopted final act is available in the source set. The grounded status is: Commission proposal COM(2023) 166, Parliament first-reading position on 12 March 2024, Council general approach approved on 17 June 2024, and OEIL/EUR-Lex procedure records that do not establish an adopted final directive. ## What is the proposal status of the EU Green Claims Directive? The Green Claims Directive is grounded as Commission proposal COM(2023) 166 for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims. The proposal was published on 22 March 2023 and is tracked under ordinary legislative procedure 2023/0085(COD). Do not describe this file as an adopted final Green Claims Directive or attach final transposition and application deadlines unless a later final act is added to the grounding sources. The grounded procedure records show legislative progress, not completion. - Commission proposal: COM(2023) 166 final, published on 22 March 2023. - Procedure reference: 2023/0085(COD), ordinary legislative procedure. - Current grounded answer: proposal in procedure; no grounded adopted final Green Claims Directive in this source set. Sources for this answer: - [COM(2023) 166 final Green Claims Directive proposal](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52023PC0166&ref=sorena.io) - EUR-Lex identifies the file as the Commission proposal for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims. - [EUR-Lex procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2023_85?ref=sorena.io) - EUR-Lex tracks the Green Claims file as procedure 2023/0085(COD) and lists the procedure type and institutional steps. ## What happened in the European Parliament? The European Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the Green Claims Directive proposal on 12 March 2024. That is a legislative milestone, not the adoption of the final directive. For public copy, say that Parliament adopted a first-reading position, or that the text was adopted by Parliament at first reading. Avoid wording that makes the Parliament vote sound like the completed EU act. - Parliament document: P9_TA(2024)0131 / T9-0131/2024. - Date: 12 March 2024. - Status wording to use: Parliament first-reading position, not final adoption. Sources for this answer: - [European Parliament first-reading position on the Green Claims proposal](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0131_EN.html?ref=sorena.io) - Parliament's adopted text identifies the ordinary legislative procedure and first-reading position for the Green Claims proposal. - [OEIL procedure file 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - OEIL lists the Parliament decision at first reading and the related procedure status. ## What did the Council approve? The Council approved a general approach for the Green Claims Directive at the Environment Council meeting on 17 June 2024. The Council document is a negotiating position showing changes against the Commission proposal. A Council general approach is not the same thing as the adopted final directive. It is useful for monitoring likely negotiation direction, but it should not be used to publish final legal deadlines. - Council document: ST 11312/24. - Date: 17 June 2024. - Status wording to use: Council general approach, not final act. Sources for this answer: - [Council general approach on the Green Claims Directive](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - The Council document states that the general approach text was approved at the 4032nd Environment Council meeting on 17 June 2024. ## How should teams talk about Directive (EU) 2024/825? Directive (EU) 2024/825 is already adopted and related, but it is not the Green Claims Directive proposal itself. The Council general approach describes the Green Claims proposal as complementing Directive (EU) 2024/825 by adding specific rules for explicit environmental claims, environmental labelling schemes, substantiation, communication, and verification. For status language, separate the two instruments: Directive (EU) 2024/825 is an adopted consumer-law amendment, while the Green Claims Directive remains the proposal tracked under 2023/0085(COD) in the grounded procedure sources. - Use Directive (EU) 2024/825 only for the adopted empowering-consumers rules. - Use 2023/0085(COD) for Green Claims Directive proposal status. - Do not merge the two into one adopted Green Claims act. Sources for this answer: - [Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green transition](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/825/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - EUR-Lex provides the adopted Directive (EU) 2024/825 text that complements, but is separate from, the Green Claims Directive proposal. - [Council general approach on the Green Claims Directive](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - The Council text frames the Green Claims proposal as complementing Directive (EU) 2024/825 for explicit environmental claims and labels. ## Which proposal-status claims should teams avoid? Avoid saying that the Green Claims Directive has final adopted deadlines, final transposition dates, or a final application date when those facts are not present in the grounding set. Draft and Council texts may contain bracketed timing markers or proposal-stage timing, but those are not final-act deadlines. Also avoid ungrounded withdrawal claims. The grounded OEIL and EUR-Lex procedure records used here show the procedure status and institutional steps; they do not support saying that the proposal was withdrawn. - Do not publish final Green Claims transposition or application deadlines from proposal-stage text. - Do not claim adoption of a final Green Claims Directive from Parliament first reading or Council general approach alone. - Do not claim withdrawal unless a later official procedure source in the grounding set says so. Sources for this answer: - [OEIL procedure file 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - OEIL gives the grounded status as awaiting the Council's first-reading position and records Parliament's first-reading step. - [EUR-Lex procedure 2023/0085(COD)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2023_85?ref=sorena.io) - EUR-Lex tracks the procedure as ongoing and lists Council discussions rather than a completed adopted final act. ## Primary sources - [COM(2023) 166 final Green Claims Directive proposal](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52023PC0166&ref=sorena.io) - Commission proposal source for the Green Claims Directive file and proposal-stage framing. - Quote: "Proposal for a DIRECTIVE" - [European Parliament first-reading position on the Green Claims proposal](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0131_EN.html?ref=sorena.io) - Parliament source for the first-reading position adopted on 12 March 2024. - Quote: "first reading" - [Council general approach on the Green Claims Directive](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-11312-2024-INIT/en/pdf?ref=sorena.io) - Council source for the 17 June 2024 general approach and Council negotiating text. - Quote: "General approach" - [Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green transition](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/825/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Related adopted consumer-law directive that should be kept separate from the Green Claims Directive proposal status. - Quote: "empowering consumers for the green transition" - [OEIL procedure file 2023/0085(COD)](https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0085%28COD%29&ref=sorena.io) - Legislative Observatory status source for the Green Claims ordinary legislative procedure. - 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 COM(2023) 166 and institutional steps. - Quote: "Ongoing" ## Topic Guides - [Carbon offsets and carbon-neutral claims: EU Green Claims Directive requirements](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/offsets-and-carbon-neutral-claims.md): How to handle carbon-neutral, climate-neutral, compensated, and offset-backed claims under Directive (EU) 2024/825 and the Green Claims proposal. - [Claims Evidence under the EU Green Claims Directive](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/claims-evidence.md): FAQ on the evidence expected before EU Green Claims are communicated, including scientific substantiation, life-cycle coverage, comparisons, and publication records. - [Comparative Environmental Claims Under EU Green Claims Rules](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/comparative-claims.md): How to substantiate EU comparative environmental claims using equivalent products, methods, data, value-chain coverage, significant impacts, and consumer-law comparison disclosures. - [Environmental labels and certification schemes under EU Green Claims rules](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/labels-and-certification-schemes.md): FAQ on environmental labels, certification schemes, EU Ecolabel, third-party verification, and Directive (EU) 2024/825 overlap for green claims. - [EU Green Claims Applicability Test](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/applicability-test.md): Check whether the EU Green Claims Directive proposal could apply to an explicit environmental claim, environmental label, product claim, trader claim, or B2C communication. - [EU Green Claims Checklist](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/checklist.md): A concrete checklist for EU environmental claims covering claim inventory, substantiation, life-cycle impacts, comparisons, offsets, labels, verification, and UCPD overlap. - [EU Green Claims claim categories and evidence map](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/claim-categories.md): Classify EU environmental claims by category: explicit, comparative, product, trader, carbon, labels, generic wording, and evidence needs. - [EU Green Claims claim categories FAQ](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/claim-categories.md): FAQ guidance on explicit, generic, comparative, product, company, label, and carbon claim categories under the EU Green Claims proposal. - [EU Green Claims compliance controls for proposal-stage planning](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/compliance.md): Proposal-stage Green Claims compliance controls for claim inventory, substantiation, communication, labels, comparative claims, offset claims, verification planning, and evidence records. - [EU Green Claims Directive FAQ: scope, evidence, labels, offsets, and status](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq.md): Direct answers on the EU Green Claims Directive proposal, explicit environmental claims, substantiation, labels, offsets, PEF/OEF evidence, UCPD overlap, and penalties. - [EU Green Claims Directive Procedure Calendar](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): Track grounded EU Green Claims Directive proposal milestones: Commission proposal, Parliament first reading, Council general approach, and current procedure status. - [EU Green Claims Directive proposal requirements](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/requirements.md): source-linked summary of proposed EU Green Claims requirements for explicit environmental claims, substantiation, communication, verification, labels, comparisons, and Directive (EU) 2024/825 overlap. - [EU Green Claims Directive Proposal Status and Legislative Tracker](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/proposal-status-and-legislative-tracker.md): Track COM(2023) 166 and procedure 2023/0085(COD) through public EUR-Lex, OEIL, Parliament, and Council files without treating the proposal as adopted law. - [EU Green Claims Directive Substantiation Template](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/green-claims-substantiation-template.md): A field-by-field template for substantiating EU explicit environmental claims with claim scope, evidence, method, PEF/OEF, comparison, carbon-credit, verification, and publication records. - [EU Green Claims Directive vs FTC Green Guides](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/green-claims-directive-vs-ftc-green-guides.md): A source-limited comparison focused on the EU Green Claims proposal: scope, substantiation, verification, labels, offsets, and reusable evidence. - [EU Green Claims penalties and enforcement FAQ](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/penalties.md): FAQ on EU Green Claims penalty risk, Council and proposal enforcement principles, UCPD overlap, and evidence that reduces greenwashing risk. - [EU Green Claims Templates for Claim Evidence and Verification](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/templates.md): Reusable templates for EU green-claim substantiation, verifier handoff, evidence inventory, sustainability labels, comparative claims, and Directive (EU) 2024/825 status checks. - [EU Green Claims Verification and Audit Readiness](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/verification-and-audit-readiness.md): Prepare explicit environmental claims for substantiation review, verifier handoff, source traceability, communication checks, and proposal-stage caveats. - [EU Green Claims: Product vs Company Claims](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/product-vs-company-claims.md): Compare product, service, and company environmental claims under the EU Green Claims proposal: scope, evidence, significant impacts, communication, and reuse limits. - [FAQ: carbon offsets and carbon-neutral claims under EU Green Claims rules](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/offsets-and-carbon-neutral-claims.md): FAQ guidance on carbon neutral, climate neutral, offset, carbon credit, and future climate claims under the Green Claims proposal and Directive (EU) 2024/825. - [FAQ: comparative environmental claims under EU Green Claims Directive](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/comparative-claims.md): FAQ guidance on EU comparative environmental claims: equivalent data, method boundaries, product comparisons, substantiation, presentation, and UCPD overlap. - [FAQ: PEF and OEF evidence requirements for EU Green Claims](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/pef-and-oef-evidence.md): FAQ on when Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint methods help substantiate EU environmental claims, including scope, data quality, and method limits. - [Green Claims Directive proposal status check workflow](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/proposal-status-check-workflow.md): A source-linked workflow for checking the Green Claims Directive proposal status across OEIL, EUR-Lex, Council documents, and Parliament records. - [Green Claims Directive vs Empowering Consumers Directive](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/green-claims-directive-vs-empowering-consumers-directive.md): Compare the Green Claims proposal with Directive (EU) 2024/825: ex-ante substantiation and verification versus adopted UCPD amendments on generic claims, future performance, labels, and timing. - [Green Claims Directive vs ISO 14021](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/green-claims-directive-vs-iso-14021.md): Compare the proposed EU Green Claims Directive with ISO 14021 for voluntary environmental claims, substantiation, self-declared labels, evidence, and verification. - [Green Claims Directive vs UK Green Claims Code](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/green-claims-directive-vs-uk-green-claims-code.md): Compare the EU Green Claims Directive proposal with the UK Green Claims Code, covering substantiation, communication, labels, offsets, verification, enforcement, and evidence. - [Green Claims evidence workflow for substantiation](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/claim-substantiation-evidence-workflow.md): Build a Green Claims proposal evidence file for voluntary EU environmental claims: status check, scope, scientific evidence, life-cycle impacts, comparisons, carbon credits, verification, consumer communication, and review. - [Green Claims labels and certification schemes](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/labels-and-certification-schemes.md): How EU Green Claims rules and Directive (EU) 2024/825 treat environmental labels, certification schemes, EU Ecolabel use, new schemes, evidence records, and consumer-facing clarity. - [Green Claims penalties and enforcement: proposal and Council approach](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/penalties-and-enforcement.md): How the EU Green Claims proposal and Council general approach handle competent authorities, corrective measures, penalties, verifiers, and UCPD overlap. - [Green Claims penalties and fines under the EU proposal](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/penalties-and-fines.md): source-linked summary of proposed Green Claims enforcement, corrective measures, penalty criteria, and the Council approach to maximum-fine language. - [Green Claims substantiation evidence pack](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/substantiation-and-evidence-pack.md): Build a source-linked evidence pack for EU Green Claims: claim inventory, scientific substantiation, life-cycle impacts, PEF or OEF records, comparisons, labels, offsets, verification, and traceability. - [Green Claims verifier workflow for explicit environmental claims](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/verifier-workflow.md): A concrete verifier-preparation workflow for voluntary explicit environmental claims: claim boundaries, substantiation evidence, verifier package, certificate handling, and change reviews. - [Greenwashing risk checklist for EU green claims](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/greenwashing-risk-checklist.md): A concrete EU greenwashing checklist for marketing, product, legal, and sustainability teams reviewing vague claims, evidence gaps, offsets, labels, comparisons, and future targets. - [How do the UCPD, Directive (EU) 2024/825, and Green Claims proposal overlap?](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/ucpd-and-empowering-consumers-overlap.md): FAQ on how Directive (EU) 2024/825 changes UCPD greenwashing rules and how the Green Claims proposal would add substantiation, communication, labels, and verification detail. - [Microenterprise and Scope Exclusions in the EU Green Claims Proposal](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/microenterprise-and-scope-exclusions.md): FAQ on proposal-stage Green Claims scope: microenterprise treatment, voluntary B2C explicit environmental claims, B2B limits, and EU-rule exclusions. - [PEF and OEF evidence for EU green claims](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/pef-and-oef-evidence.md): How Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint studies can support EU green-claim substantiation without treating PEF or OEF as mandatory for every claim. - [Product vs company claims under the EU Green Claims Directive](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/product-vs-company-claims.md): FAQ guidance on separating product, service, and company environmental claims under the EU Green Claims proposal, with substantiation and communication boundaries. - [Verifier workflow under the EU Green Claims Directive](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/faq/verifier-workflow.md): FAQ on the proposed EU Green Claims verifier workflow: substantiation, ex-ante verification, verifier requirements, certificates, and proposal-stage caveats. - [What Counts as a Green Claim Under the EU Green Claims Proposal](/artifacts/eu/green-claims-directive/what-counts-as-a-green-claim.md): source-linked scope guide to explicit environmental claims under the EU Green Claims proposal and related Directive (EU) 2024/825 concepts. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after evidence section* ## Keep Green Claims status language current Use this status FAQ to keep public claims, internal trackers, and customer-facing notes aligned with the current legislative procedure. - 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