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Report (COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD)) 2025-11-05

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

6.11.2025 A10-0197/279

Amendment 279

Tobiasz Bocheński, Kosma Złotowski, Mario Mantovani, Carlo Fidanza, Beatrice Timgren, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Stefano Cavedagna, Chiara Gemma, Marion Maréchal, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Alexandr Vondra, Guillaume Peltier, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Mariusz Kamiński, Dominik Tarczyński, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Daniel Obajtek, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Alessandro Ciriani

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 5

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(5) Article 19a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires large undertakings and small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market, excluding micro-undertakings, to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at individual level. To reduce the reporting burden on undertakings, the obligation to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at individual level should be reduced to large undertakings with an average of more than 1000 employees during the financial year. Considering that for an undertaking to be large it has to exceed two out of the three criteria in Article 3(4) of Directive 2013/34/EU, this means that to be subject toto the reporting requirements an undertakings must have an average of more than 1000 employees during the financial year and either a net turnover above EUR 50 million or a balance sheet total above EUR 25 million.

(5) Article 19a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires large undertakings and small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market, excluding micro-undertakings, to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at individual level. To reduce the reporting burden on undertakings, the obligation to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at individual level should be reduced to undertakings with an average of more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year. It should be possible to exempt ultimate parent undertakings which are financial holding undertakings not involved in management activities from complying with reporting obligations.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/280

Amendment 280

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(7) Article 1(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU specifies that credit institutions and insurance undertakings that are large undertakings or small and medium-size undertakings – excluding micro-undertakings – with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market are subject to the sustainability reporting requirements set out in that Directive, regardless of their legal form. Considering that the scope of individual sustainability reporting should be reduced to large undertakings with an average of more than 1000 employees during the financial year, that reduction in scope should also apply to credit institutions and insurance undertakings.

(7) Article 1(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU specifies that credit institutions and insurance undertakings that are large undertakings or small and medium-size undertakings – excluding micro-undertakings – with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market are subject to the sustainability reporting requirements set out in that Directive, regardless of their legal form. Considering that the scope of individual sustainability reporting should be reduced to undertakings with an average of more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 during the financial year, that reduction in scope should also apply to credit institutions and insurance undertakings.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/281

Amendment 281

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9) Article 19a(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires undertakings to report information about the undertaking’s own operations and about its value chain. It is necessary to reduce the reporting burden for undertakings in the value chain that are not required to report on their sustainability. The reporting undertaking, for the purposes of reporting sustainability information at individual or at consolidated level, as required by Directive 2013/34/EU, and without prejudice to Union requirements to conduct a due diligence process, should therefore not seek to obtain from undertakings established in or outside of the Union in its value chain that have up to 1000 employees on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information specified in the standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. The reporting undertaking should, however, be allowed to collect from such undertakings in its value chain any additional sustainability information that is commonly shared between undertakings in the sector concerned. Undertakings reporting on their value chain in accordance with those limitations should be deemed to comply with the obligation to report on their sustainability. Assurance providers should prepare their assurance opinion respecting the obligation on undertakings not to seek to obtain from undertakings in their value chain that have up to 1000 employees on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information specified in the standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. For that purpose, the Commission should be empowered to adopt a delegated act to provide for sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. Those standards should be proportionate to, and relevant for, the capacities and the characteristics of those undertakings and to the scale and complexity of their activities. Those standards should also specify, where possible, the structure to be used to present that information.

(9) Article 19a(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires undertakings to report information about the undertaking’s own operations and about its value chain. It is necessary to provide clarity and reduce the reporting burden for undertakings in the value chain that are not required to report on their sustainability. The reporting undertaking, for the purposes of reporting sustainability information at individual or at consolidated level, as required by Directive 2013/34/EU, and without prejudice to Union requirements to conduct a due diligence process, should therefore not seek to obtain from undertakings with an average of more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information specified in the standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. The reporting undertaking should adopt a risk-based approach, prioritising efforts to gather information on high-risk impacts and sustainability issues commonly associated with its sector and be allowed to collect from such undertakings in its value chain any additional sustainability information that is commonly shared between undertakings in the sector concerned. Where not all the necessary information regarding their value chain is available, or such information is incomplete or subject to legal limitations, the undertakings should be allowed to explain the efforts made to obtain the necessary information about their value chain, the reasons why that information could not be obtained, and their plans to obtain such information in the future. Undertakings reporting on their value chain in accordance with those limitations should be deemed to comply with the obligation to report on their sustainability. Assurance providers should prepare their assurance opinion respecting the obligation on undertakings not to seek to obtain from undertakings in their value chain that have up to 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information specified in the standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. For that purpose, the Commission should be empowered to adopt a delegated act to provide for sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability. Those standards should be proportionate to, and relevant for, the capacities and the characteristics of those undertakings and to the scale and complexity of their activities. Those standards should also specify, where possible, the structure to be used to present that information. Undertakings within the value chain should be allowed to choose a template for reporting of sustainability information voluntarily, so that undertakings requesting information should not be required to assess or map the size categories of all entities in their value chain.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/282

Amendment 282

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12) Article 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires parent undertakings of large groups to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at consolidated level. To reduce the reporting burden on those parent undertakings, the scope of that obligation should be reduced to parent undertakings of large groups with an average of more than 1000 employees, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year.

(12) Article 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires parent undertakings of large groups to prepare and publish a sustainability statement at consolidated level. To reduce the reporting burden on those parent undertakings, the scope of that obligation should be reduced to parent undertakings of groups with an average of more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000, on a consolidated basis, during the financial year.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/283

Amendment 283

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(14) Article 29b(4) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires sustainability reporting standards to not specify disclosures requiring undertakings to obtain from small and medium-sized undertakings in their value chain any information that goes beyond the information to be disclosed pursuant to the sustainability reporting standards for small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market. Considering that small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market should be excluded from sustainability reporting, and in order to reduce the reporting burden for undertakings in the value chain that are not required to report on their sustainability, the sustainability reporting standards should not specify disclosures requiring undertakings to obtain from undertakings in their value chain that have up to 1000 employees on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information to be disclosed pursuant to the sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability.

(14) Article 29b(4) of Directive 2013/34/EU requires sustainability reporting standards to not specify disclosures requiring undertakings to obtain from small and medium-sized undertakings in their value chain any information that goes beyond the information to be disclosed pursuant to the sustainability reporting standards for small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market. Considering that small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market should be excluded from sustainability reporting, and in order to reduce the reporting burden for undertakings in the value chain that are not required to report on their sustainability, the sustainability reporting standards should not specify disclosures requiring undertakings to obtain from undertakings in their value chain that have up to 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 on average during the financial year any information that goes beyond the information to be disclosed pursuant to the sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by undertakings that are not required to report on their sustainability.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/284

Amendment 284

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(18) Article 5(2), first subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 specifies the dates by which the Member States are to apply the sustainability reporting requirements set out in Directive 2013/34/EU, with different dates depending on the size of the undertaking concerned. Considering that the scope of the individual sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced to include only large undertakings with more than 1000 employees on average during the financial year, and that the scope of the consolidated sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced accordingly, the criteria for determining the dates of application should be adjusted, and the reference to small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market should be removed.

(18) Article 5(2), first subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 specifies the dates by which the Member States are to apply the sustainability reporting requirements set out in Directive 2013/34/EU, with different dates depending on the size of the undertaking concerned. Considering that the scope of the individual sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced to include only undertakings with more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 on average during the financial year, and that the scope of the consolidated sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced accordingly, the criteria for determining the dates of application should be adjusted, and the reference to small and medium-sized undertakings with securities admitted to trading on an EU regulated market should be removed.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/285

Amendment 285

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(19) Article 5(2), third subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 specifies the dates by which the Member States are to apply the sustainability reporting requirements set out in Directive 2004/109/EC, with different dates depending on the size of the issuer concerned. Considering that the scope of the individual sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced to include only large undertakings with more than 1000 employees on average during the financial year, and that the scope of the consolidated sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced accordingly, the criteria for determining the dates of application should be adjusted, and the reference to small and medium-sized undertakings should be removed.

(19) Article 5(2), third subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 specifies the dates by which the Member States are to apply the sustainability reporting requirements set out in Directive 2004/109/EC, with different dates depending on the size of the issuer concerned. Considering that the scope of the individual sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced to include only undertakings with more than 1 750 employees and a net turnover of EUR 450 000 000 on average during the financial year, and that the scope of the consolidated sustainability reporting requirements should be reduced accordingly, the criteria for determining the dates of application should be adjusted, and the reference to small and medium-sized undertakings should be removed.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/286

Amendment 286

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 24

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(24) To reduce burdens on companies and make stakeholder engagement more proportionate, companies should only have to engage with workers, their representatives including trade unions, and individuals and communities whose rights or interests are or could be directly affected by the products, services and operations of the company, its subsidiaries and its business partners, and that have a link to the specific stage of the due diligence process being carried out. That includes individuals or communities in the neighbourhood of plants operated by business partners where those individuals or communities are directly affected by pollution, or indigenous people whose right to lands or resources are directly affected by how a business partner acquires, develops or otherwise uses land, forests or waters. Moreover, stakeholder engagement should only be required for certain parts of the due diligence process, namely at the identification stage, for the development of (enhanced) action plans and when designing remediation measures.

(24) To reduce burdens on companies and make stakeholder engagement more proportionate, companies should only have to engage with their employees, the employees of their subsidiaries and of their business partners, the representatives of those employees including trade unions, and individuals and communities whose rights or interests are or could be directly affected by the adverse impacts on human rights and the environment that stem from the products, services and operations of the company, its subsidiaries and its business partners. That includes individuals or communities in the neighbourhood of plants operated by business partners where those individuals or communities are directly affected by pollution, or indigenous people whose right to lands or resources are directly affected by how a business partner acquires, develops or otherwise uses land, forests or waters. Moreover, stakeholder engagement should only be required for certain parts of the due diligence process, namely at the identification stage, for the development of (enhanced) action plans and when designing remediation measures.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/287

Amendment 287

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(26) To ensure better alignment of Directive (EU) 2024/1760 with the sustainability reporting regime laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2464, the requirement to put into effect the transition plan for climate change mitigation should be replaced by a clarification that the obligation of companies to adopt a transition plan includes outlining implementing actions, planned and taken. The obligation to adopt the plan and its initial and updated design remains subject to administrative supervision.

(26) The provisions of Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on the transition plan for climate change have been deemed to be disproportionate, particularly due to the administrative burden on companies and competent authorities, and could lead to legal uncertainty. It is necessary to repeal those provisions in order to streamline obligations and support a more targeted and efficient implementation of that Directive.

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6.11.2025 A10-0197/288

Amendment 288

on behalf of the ECR Group

Report A10-0197/2025

Jörgen Warborn

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

(COM(2025)0081 – C10-0037/2025 – 2025/0045(COD))

Proposal for a directive

Recital 27

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(27) Article 27(1) of Directive EU 2024/1760 requires Member States to lay down penalties that are to be “effective, proportionate and dissuasive”. Article 27(2) of that Directive requires Member States, when deciding whether to impose penalties and, if so, when determining their nature and appropriate level, to take due account of a series of factors that determine the gravity of the infringement and attenuating or aggravating circumstances. Article 27(4) of that Directive requires Member States to base any imposed pecuniary penalties on the net worldwide turnover of the company concerned. However, given the fact that Member States already have to take into account the series of factors laid down in Article 27(2) of that directive, the need to base pecuniary penalties on the net worldwide turnover of the company concerned is superfluous. However, to ensure a level playing field across the Union, Member States should be prohibited from introducing in their national law a ceiling or cap for any pecuniary penalties imposed on companies under their jurisdiction that would prevent supervisory authorities from imposing penalties in accordance with the factors laid down in Article 27(2). Moreover, to harmonise enforcement practices across the Union, the Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, should develop guidelines to assist supervisory authorities in determining the level of penalties.

(27) Article 27(1) of Directive EU 2024/1760 requires Member States to lay down penalties that are to be “effective, proportionate and dissuasive”. Article 27(2) of that Directive requires Member States, when deciding whether to impose penalties and, if so, when determining their nature and appropriate level, to take due account of a series of factors that determine the gravity of the infringement and attenuating or aggravating circumstances. Article 27(4) of that Directive requires Member States to base any imposed pecuniary penalties on the net worldwide turnover of the company concerned. However, given the fact that Member States already have to take into account the series of factors laid down in Article 27(2) of that directive, the need to base pecuniary penalties on the net worldwide turnover of the company concerned is superfluous. Moreover, to harmonise enforcement practices across the Union, the Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, should develop guidelines to assist supervisory authorities in determining the appropriate level of penalties.

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