2022/0092(COD)COM(2022)143IMCO

Empowering consumers for the green transition

Amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information

Stage: In force, reached 6 Mar 2024
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Biljana Borzan (S&D)
Last activity: 6 Mar 2024

33 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 6 Mar 2024.

Show the earlier record: 18 dates, 1 Sept 2020 to 15 May 2023

1 Sept 2020
- Inception impact assessment closed: Empowering the consumer for the green transition, 77 responses · Commission
6 Oct 2020
- Public consultation closed: Empowering the consumer for the green transition, 393 responses · Commission
31 Mar 2022
- Adoption by Commission
1 Apr 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
7 Apr 2022
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
29 May 2022
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Empowering the consumer for the green transition, 51 responses · Commission
15 Sept 2022
- Committee opinion tabled
- Plenary sitting
29 Sept 2022
- Committee report tabled
4 Oct 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
6 Oct 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
22 Nov 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
24 Jan 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
15 Feb 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
28 Mar 2023
- Committee report adopted
31 Mar 2023
- Tabled for plenary
3 May 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
11 May 2023
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
15 May 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies

26 Oct 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
28 Nov 2023
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
16 Jan 2024
- Debate in plenary
17 Jan 2024
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
14 Feb 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
20 Feb 2024
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
28 Feb 2024
- Signed
6 Mar 2024
- Published in the Official Journal

8 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Biljana Borzan	S&D	HR	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	Anne-Sophie Pelletier	The Left	FR	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	Arba Kokalari	EPP	SE	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	Beata Mazurek	ECR	PL	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	David Cormand	Greens/EFA	FR	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	Sandro Gozi	Renew	IT	IMCO
Shadow rapporteur	Virginie Joron	PfE	FR	IMCO
Rapporteur for opinion	Edina TÓTH	NI	HU	ENVI

5 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 3 May 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By author

David Cormand · Verts/ALE2

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 2 of the 5 amendments.

By article

Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 24
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 41

11 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0099/2023Parliament
Proposal · COM(2022)0143Parliament
Agenda · GEDA/A/(2023)006275Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 06.03.2024Commission
Committee opinion · PE736.396Parliament
Report · PE736.537Parliament
Amendments · PE737.362Parliament
Agenda · PE756.006Parliament
Text adopted · SP(2024)81Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0018/2024Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0201/2023Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

Consultation	Feedback deadline	Feedback received
Empowering the consumer for the green transition Who filed what · Follow the consultation	29 May 2022	521

Summary

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This directive amends EU consumer protection laws to ban misleading environmental claims and require transparency on product durability and reparability. It applies to retailers, manufacturers, and businesses making sustainability claims in the EU. Adopted and in force since March 2024.

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