Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
- Stage
- In force, reached 12 Dec 2024
- In force
- In force since 13 Dec 2024 · CELEX 32024R3015
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteurs
- Maria-Manuel Leitão-marques (S&D), Samira Rafaela (Renew)
- Lead DG
- DG TRADE
- Commissioner
- Thierry Breton
- Last activity
- 12 Dec 2024
Where it stands
Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 12 Dec 2024.
ShowHide the earlier record: 29 dates, 14 Sept 2022 to 20 Mar 2024
- 14 Sept 2022
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 22 Sept 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 23 Sept 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 6 Oct 2022
- Referred to committee
- 30 Nov 2022
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Effectively banning products produced, extracted or harvested with forced labour, 75 responses · Commission
- 2 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 31 Jan 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 6 Mar 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
- 13 Apr 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
- 28 Apr 2023
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 10 May 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
- 30 May 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
- 28 Jun 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
- 18 Jul 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
- 16 Oct 2023
- Committee report adopted
- 26 Oct 2023
- Tabled for plenary
- 8 Nov 2023
- Plenary sitting
- 9 Nov 2023
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
- 24 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 27 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 19 Jan 2024
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
- 26 Jan 2024
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Mar 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 18 Mar 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Mar 2024
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
- 22 Apr 2024
- Debate in plenary
- 23 Apr 2024
- EP position at first reading
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Plenary vote
- 18 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 9 Jul 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Jul 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 19 Nov 2024
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 27 Nov 2024
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2024
- Published in the Official Journal
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-rapporteur | Maria-Manuel Leitão-marques | S&D | PT | IMCO |
| Co-rapporteur | Samira Rafaela | Renew | NL | INTA |
| Shadow rapporteur | Alessandra Basso | PfE | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Andreas Schwab | EPP | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Cavazzini | Greens/EFA | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anne-Sophie Pelletier | The Left | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Helmut Scholz | The Left | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jörgen Warborn | EPP | SE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Kosma Złotowski | ECR | PL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Michiel Hoogeveen | ECR | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Raphaël Glucksmann | S&D | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Saskia Bricmont | Greens/EFA | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Svenja Hahn | Renew | DE | |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Salima Yenbou | Renew | FR | AFET |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Ilan De Basso | S&D | SE | DEVE |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Mounir Satouri | Greens/EFA | FR | EMPL |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Adrián Vázquez Lázara | Renew | ES | JURI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Rosa D'amato | Greens/EFA | IT | PECH |
Amendments
Tabled on 17 Apr 2024. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- CJ33176
By article
- Article 1 – paragraph 11
- Article 10 – paragraph 11
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)1
- Article 10 – paragraph 21
- Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)1
- Article 11 a (new)1
- Article 11 – paragraph 11
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)1
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 c (new)1
- Article 11 – paragraph 1 d (new)1
- Article 11 – paragraph 21
- Article 11 – paragraph 31
- Article 12 – paragraph 51
- Article 13 – paragraph 11
- Article 14 – paragraph 11
- Article 14 – paragraph 21
- Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)1
- Article 14 – paragraph 6 b (new)1
- Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part1
- Article 15 – paragraph 41
- Article 15 – paragraph 51
- Article 17 – paragraph 11
- Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a1
- Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b1
- Article 19 – paragraph 11
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a1
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b1
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)1
Covers 30 of the 176 amendments.
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 1 adopted, 1 planned.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Implementing act specifying the details and functionalities of the ICSMS system | Implementing · Regulation | Adopted | Q1 2026 |
| Implementing Act on content of forced labour decisions and automating their transmission to the customs risk management | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q4 2026 |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A9-0306/2023Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2022)0453Parliament
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2024)001487Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 12.12.2024Commission
- Committee opinion · PE739.691Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE742.681Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE745.348Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE745.486Parliament
- Report · PE746.734Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE749.170Parliament
- Amendments · PE749.232Parliament
- Amendments · PE749.277Parliament
- Amendments · PE749.911Parliament
- Agenda · PE759.952Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2024/3015Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2024)394Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0309/2024Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback received |
|---|---|
| 182 |
Summary
GeneratedThis regulation bans products made with forced labour from the EU market and from export. It targets companies importing goods into the EU and obliges market surveillance and customs authorities to enforce the prohibition. The act was signed in November 2024 and entered into force in December 2024.
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