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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 5 July 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 4 April 2022
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 25 April 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 8 May 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 5 July 2024
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
Lara WOLTERS S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #124738 IDAxel VOSS PPEJorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA ECRAdrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA RenewMEP #2054 Verts/ALEManon AUBRY The Left
For opinion
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs DEVE — Development · rapporteur MEP #197592 S&DIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur MEP #124988 PPECULT — Culture and Education FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur MEP #124709 RenewAFCO — Constitutional Affairs CONT — Budgetary Control

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0329/2024 24 April 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859. The position corresponds to the final act, Directive (EU) 2024/1760.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0209/2023 1 June 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires companies to conduct risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence across their operations, subsidiaries and value chains.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0184/2023 8 May 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence requires companies to conduct risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence across their value chains.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 7 November 2022 ✦ This is the Committee on Legal Affairs' draft report on the proposed directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. It proposes amendments to the Commission proposal, widening due diligence duties to cover human rights, environmental and good governance impacts across companies' own operations, products, services, subsidiaries and value chains.

Committee opinions: Opinion (INTA),Opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (ENVI),Draft opinion (IMCO),Opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (INTA),Draft opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (AFET),Opinion (ECON),Opinion (ENVI),Draft opinion (DEVE),Opinion (AFET),Draft opinion (ECON),Draft opinion (EMPL),Opinion (IMCO),Opinion (DEVE)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 5 July 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 13 June 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 24 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 24 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0329/2024📄 Report A9-0184/2023
    Adopted Adopted by a clear majority
    For 374 Against 235 Abstained 19

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:50 · 60% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 19 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  8. 1 June 2023 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. 1 June 2023 Procedure step
    Sitting of 1 June 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0050/2022📄 Report A9-0184/2023
  10. Plenary stage
  11. 1 June 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 1 June 2023 📄 Adopted text TA9-0209/2023📄 Report A9-0184/2023
  12. 31 May 2023 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 31 May 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0050/2022📄 Report A9-0184/2023
  13. 8 May 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0184/2023
  14. Committee stage
  15. 25 April 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  16. 2 March 2023 IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (IMCO)
  17. 1 March 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (EMPL)
  18. 9 February 2023 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  19. 25 January 2023 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (DEVE)
  20. 24 January 2023 ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ECON)
  21. 24 January 2023 AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (AFET)
  22. 24 January 2023 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ITRE)
  23. 24 January 2023 INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (INTA)
  24. 7 November 2022 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (JURI)
  25. 24 October 2022 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (EMPL)
  26. 18 October 2022 Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (INTA)
  27. 12 October 2022 Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (DEVE)
  28. 7 October 2022 Draft opinion from ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ECON)
  29. 5 October 2022 Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (AFET)
  30. 27 September 2022 Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (IMCO)
  31. 21 September 2022 Draft opinion from ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ITRE)
  32. 13 September 2022 Draft opinion from ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ENVI)
  33. 4 April 2022 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), DEVE (Development), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), CULT (Culture and Education), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), CONT (Budgetary Control) give an opinion.