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Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
6.11.2025 A10-0197/379
Amendment 379
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a – introductory part
Directive (EU)2024/1760
Article 8 – paragraph 2
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (a) in paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following: | (a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: |
| ‘2. As part of the obligation set out in paragraph 1, and adopting a risk-based approach that takes into account relevant risk factors, including geographical and contextual risk factors, such as the level of law enforcement; sectoral, product or service risk factors, as well as business operation or direct business partners risk factors, such as whether the business partner is not a company covered by this Directive, companies shall take appropriate measures to: | |
| (a) carry out a scoping, based on reasonably available information, to identify general areas across their own operations, those of their subsidiaries and, where related to their chains of activities, those of their direct business partners where adverse impacts are most likely to occur and to be most severe; | |
| (b) based on the results of the scoping referred to in point (a), and where, on the basis of relevant and verifiable information, the company has grounds to believe that adverse impacts have arisen or may arise, carry out a further assessment only in the areas where adverse impacts were identified to be most likely to occur and to be most severe. Companies shall not be required to request any information from business partners, where no likely and severe risks were identified.’; |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/380
Amendment 380
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 8 – paragraph 4
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 4. Where information necessary for the in-depth assessment provided for in paragraph 2, point (b), and in paragraph 2a can be obtained from different business partners, the company shall prioritise requesting such information, where reasonable, directly from the business partner or partners where the adverse impacts are most likely to occur.; | 4. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of the further assessment provided for in paragraph 2, point (b), of this Article companies do not seek to obtain information from business partners, unless this is necessary. Where the business partner has fewer than 5000 employees, companies shall not seek any information at all. |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/381
Amendment 381
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Member States shall ensure that, for the mapping provided for in paragraph 2, point (a), companies do not seek to obtain information from direct business partners with fewer than 500 employees that exceeds the information specified in the standards for voluntary use referred to in Article 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU. | Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of identifying and assessing the adverse impacts referred to in paragraph 1 based on, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative information, companies are entitled to make use of appropriate resources. |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/382
Amendment 382
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| By way of derogation to the first sub-paragraph, where additional information is necessary for the mapping provided for in paragraph 2, point (a), in light of indications of likely adverse impacts or because the standards do not cover relevant impacts, and where such additional information cannot reasonably be obtained by other means, the company may seek such information from that business partner.; | Companies that reasonably explained why they could not obtain reasonable information to prevent, bring to an end or minimise the adverse impact shall not be penalised.; |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/383
Amendment 383
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (4 a) in Article 10(2), point (b) is deleted; |
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Justification
Amendment tabled by the EPP in JURI : Angelika Niebler, Christian Doleschal, Stefan Köhler, Markus Ferber, Andrea Wechsler, Andreas Schwab, Christine Schneider, Ralf Seekatz, David McAllister, Oliver Schenk, Daniel Caspary, Norbert Lins, Sabine Verheyen, Christian Ehler, Isabelle Le Callennec, Laurent Castillo, François-Xavier Bellamy, Christophe Gomart, Lukas Mandl, Céline Imart, Verena Mertens, Marion Walsmann (JURI AM 697).
6.11.2025 A10-0197/384
Amendment 384
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point a
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (a) refrain from entering into new, or extending existing, relations with a business partner in connection with which, or in the chain of activities of which, the impact has arisen, | deleted |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/385
Amendment 385
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (c) use or increase its leverage through the suspension of the business relationship with respect to the activities concerned. | deleted |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/386
Amendment 386
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Member States shall provide for an option to suspend the business relationship in contracts governed by their laws in accordance with the first subparagraph, except for contracts where the parties are obliged by law to enter into them. | Member States can provide for an option to suspend the business relationship in contracts governed by their laws except for contracts where the parties are obliged by law to enter into them. |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/387
Amendment 387
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (a) refrain from entering into new, or extending existing, relations with a business partner in connection with which, or in the chain of activities of which, the impact has arisen, | deleted |
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6.11.2025 A10-0197/388
Amendment 388
Pascale Piera, Ton Diepeveen, Ernő Schaller-Baross
on behalf of the PfE 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
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2024/1760
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point c
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (c) use or increase its leverage through the suspension of the business relationship with respect to the activities concerned. | deleted |
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