Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims
- Citation
- COM(2023) 166 final
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Made by
- European Commission
- Instrument
- Proposal
- Status
- Proposed
What it requires (1 obligation)
Substantiation and independent verification of explicit environmental claims before they are made.
No date set Proposed Draft or consultation stage
- Who it falls on
- Traders
- Products
- Textiles, apparel
- Markets
- EU
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