The majority of EU states agreed on the supply chain law this Friday after a long struggle. This was announced by the Belgian Council Presidency. Most recently, it presented a revised draft that massively restricted the originally intended scope of the directive.
At the insistence of the FDP, Germany abstained from voting in the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States, as it did last time. In the committee that seems like a no vote. Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) had already rejected a compromise proposal for the EU supply chain directive at the beginning of March after the project failed again in the Council of the European Union at the end of February. His ministry informed the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs that it did not see its concerns resolved even after submitting a revised draft.
The law is intended to hold large companies accountable if they profit from child or forced labor outside the EU. Larger companies must also create a plan to ensure their business model and strategy are compatible with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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