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2025 Horizons Life Sciences and Health Care
EU planning for green claims directive
The Green Claims Directive is still in the active
planning phase in the EU. It will provide lex specialis
regulations in addition to the EmpCo Directive. Due
to its strict requirements, trade associations and other
organizations are still attempting to change the
envisaged rules. The Directive is planned to be
adopted in the course of 2025.
According to the proposed Directive, Green Claims and Green
Labels will require substantiation and third-party verification.
In addition, extensive transparency and consumer information
requirements apply.
Explicit environmental claims shall only be allowed after ex-ante
verification by an accredited third-party conformity assessment
body. This means, in future, any “green claim” must be approved
before it can be used. The required substantiation and evidence of
environmental claims shall be re-assessed and updated at least
every five years.
In addition, for environmental labels, there shall be a separate
ex-ante verification by an accredited third-party conformity
assessment body for the environmental labelling schemes
underlying the label. New labels will only be accepted if they
provide for an additional benefit compared to existing labels.
Environmental labels developed by companies for their products
or environmental plans will not be allowed unless they undergo
the required verification procedure.
Christiane Alpers
Partner
Hamburg
Mareike Hunfeld
Counsel
Hamburg
Greta Bockholdt
Associate
Hamburg
Hanns-Thilo
Von Spankeren
Associate
Hamburg
