Green Claims Directive
This legislation aims to ensure that environmental claims made by companies are verifiable, reliable, and substantiated to prevent greenwashing and misleading consumers.
- Categories
- Green marketing
- Legislation instrument
- Directive
- Pillars
- EnvironmentalSocialGovernance
- Audience
- Business
- Legislation status
- In Force
- Applicable area
- EU
- Directive (EU) 2024/825
Timeline
- ProposedMar 22, 2023
- ApprovedJun 17, 2024
- AdoptedJun 27, 2024
- PublishedJul 8, 2024
- In ForceJul 28, 2024
- In ApplicationJul 28, 2026
-> Member States will have 18 months to transpose the directive into national law after enforcement.
-> Full application expected within 24 months post-enforcement.
-> Full application expected within 24 months post-enforcement.
General information
Overview
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Q&A56.9 kB
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Regulatory Instruments
Supportive Documents
Provisional Agreement 236 kB
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Impact Assessment Report accompanying the empowering consumers for the green transition4.14 MB
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Top 25 Questions & Answers on the new EU Green Claims Directive
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Tappr Overview
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