EU Green Claims Directive proposal Status and legislative tracker

Use three status fields together. EUR-Lex records procedure 2023/0085(COD) as "Ongoing." Parliament's Legislative Observatory records the stage as "Awaiting Council's 1st reading position." Parliament's Legislative Train, updated 20 September 2026, labels the file "Blocked" and says the 2026 Commission work programme lists the proposal as pending.

The Commission announced an intention to withdraw the proposal on 20 June 2025, and the third trilogue scheduled for 23 June was cancelled. On 9 June 2026, the Commission said negotiations were at a standstill and no agreement was expected in 2026. The Legislative Train reserves "Withdrawn" for a Commission withdrawal published in the Official Journal. The official sources therefore support a stalled, pending proposal, not an adopted directive or a completed withdrawal.

The baseline text is the Commission proposal for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims. Track it by CELEX 52023PC0166, COM/2023/166 final, and the ordinary legislative procedure reference 2023/0085(COD).

When comparing later Parliament or Council texts, keep a clean baseline row for the Commission proposal instead of mixing amended wording into the original proposal. That makes it clear whether a statement comes from the proposal, Parliament's first-reading position, or Council's general approach.

Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 12 March 2024, and the Council approved its general approach on 17 June 2024. Both were negotiating positions, not a completed directive.

Interinstitutional negotiations began after the 2024 positions. The first trilogue was held on 28 January 2025 and the second on 24 April 2025. The later withdrawal-intent announcement and cancelled third trilogue show why the 2024 positions did not lead to a provisional agreement or adoption.

Do not assign legal duties, verifier approvals, penalties, transposition dates, or application dates from COM(2023) 166, Parliament's first-reading position, or the Council general approach. These texts are useful for scenario planning and claim-inventory design, but their wording differs and none is a final act.

Keep Directive (EU) 2024/825 on a separate legal track. It is adopted and in force, amends the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Consumer Rights Directive, required Member States to adopt and publish national measures by 27 March 2026, and requires those measures to apply from 27 September 2026. Do not substitute a Green Claims proposal deadline for those dates.

Use public procedure files for current status. EUR-Lex provides the procedure number, CELEX identifiers, legal bases, institutional events, and linked documents. OEIL provides Parliament's procedure stage, key events, committee assignments, and documentation gateway.

Record the exact public URL and check date for every status field. Because EUR-Lex, OEIL, and the Legislative Train use different status vocabularies, preserve each source's label and explain the legal result instead of choosing one label and discarding the others.