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2018/0178(COD)

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Regulation

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment

Stage
In force, reached 22 Jun 2020
In force
In force since 12 Jul 2020 · CELEX 32020R0852
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG
DG FISMA
Commissioner
Valdis Dombrovskis
Last activity
10 Jul 2020
31 entries · record as of 15 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies, 10 Jul 2020.

Show the earlier record: 21 dates, 24 May 2018 to 16 Apr 2020
  1. 24 May 2018
    • Adoption by Commission
  2. 30 May 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 5 Jul 2018
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  4. 8 Mar 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 28 Mar 2019
    • EP position at first reading
  6. 4 Apr 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 24 Jun 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 23 Sept 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 24 Sept 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 15 Oct 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  11. 18 Dec 2019
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 29 Jan 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  13. 5 Feb 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 7 Feb 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 2 Apr 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 3 Apr 2020
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  17. 6 Apr 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  18. 7 Apr 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  19. 8 Apr 2020
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  20. 15 Apr 2020
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
  21. 16 Apr 2020
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
  1. 23 Apr 2020
    • Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading
  2. 24 Apr 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 15 May 2020
    • Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
  4. 17 Jun 2020
    • Approval of the Council’s first reading position by the EP (adoption of the legislative act)
  5. 18 Jun 2020
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
  6. 19 Jun 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 22 Jun 2020
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  8. 10 Jul 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
108 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 20 Mar 2019 and 25 Mar 2019. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • CJ3653

Covers 53 of the 108 amendments.

By author

  • Bas Eickhout · Greens/EFA21
  • Luke Ming Flanagan13
  • Markus Ferber1
  • Peter Liese1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 35 of the 108 amendments.

By article

  • Article 11 a (new)4
  • Article 13
  • Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)3
  • Article 3 a (new)3
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)2
  • Article 122
  • Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)2
  • Article 132
  • Article 13 – paragraph 12
  • Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)2
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 172
  • Article 17 a (new)2
  • Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c2
  • Article 62
  • Recital 212
  • Recital 242
  • Recital 332
  • Recital 62
  • Recital 6 a (new)2
  • Annex I a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 11
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a1
  • Article 101
  • Article 111
  • Article 12 – paragraph 1 b (new)1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
  • Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
  • Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)1
  • Article 141

Covers 54 of the 108 amendments.

10 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 7 published, 3 planned.

ActKindStatusAdoption
EU taxonomy - review of the climate delegated actDelegated · RegulationPlannedQ2 2026
EU taxonomy - Review of the environmental delegated actDelegated · RegulationPlannedQ2 2026
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/73Delegated · RegulationPublished
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2042Delegated · RegulationPlannedQ2 2025
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215Delegated · RegulationPublished
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2485Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ2 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ2 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1214Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ4 2021
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ2 2021
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139Delegated · RegulationPublished12/2020

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

16 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Summary

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The regulation establishes a unified EU classification system (taxonomy) defining environmentally sustainable economic activities to channel capital toward green investments and combat greenwashing. It primarily affects financial market participants, large companies, and investors who must disclose alignment with taxonomy criteria.

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