Green Claims Directive — proposal stalled, not formally withdrawn
Not law, and not withdrawn either — the Commission said in June 2025 it intended to drop the file, but no formal withdrawal has been published and the procedure remains open. Suppliers citing it as binding are wrong; so are those calling it dead.
Who must act
Nobody yet. This is a proposal, not law — it creates no obligation today.
What it requires
Would have required ex-ante third-party verification of explicit environmental claims before they could be used, with a defined substantiation methodology.
What you must do
Nothing — but check your sources. This proposal is still cited as binding law in supplier decks, consultancy reports and trade-press articles, and since mid-2025 it has also been widely mis-reported as withdrawn. Neither is right. On 20 June 2025 the Commission announced it intends to withdraw the proposal and the third trilogue was cancelled, but as of August 2026 no formal withdrawal has been published: the file sits at item 51 of Annex III (Pending proposals) of the 2026 Commission work programme, COM(2025) 870, and not in Annex IV (Withdrawals), while Parliament’s procedure file 2023/0085(COD) still reads ‘Awaiting Council’s 1st reading position’. So it is neither in force nor dead — it is stalled. The instrument that actually binds you is the ECGT Directive (EU) 2024/825, and its date is 27 September 2026. This entry exists because knowing which rule is not law is as useful as knowing which one is.
Penalties
Not applicable.