On 15 March 2024, a sufficient majority of EU member states in the Committee of Permanent Representatives, a subsidiary body of the Council of the European Union, agreed to the diluted draft of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Germany abstained from the vote. The draft now adopted deviates from the preliminary political agreement originally reached in the trilogue. It must now be formally adopted by the EU Council and subsequently approved by the EU Parliament. ...read more