5 frameworks overlap in 2026, each providing a separate basis for penalties. In France, Article 12 of the Climate and Resilience Act and Decree No. 2022-539 have regulated carbon neutrality claims since 2023, the AGEC law prohibits certain wording and the Consumer Code penalises misleading commercial practices, investigated by the DGCCRF. At European level, the EmpCo Directive (EU 2024/825) sets its application date at 27 September 2026, but France has not yet transposed it, and the Green Claims Directive is suspended without being formally withdrawn. In finance, the AMF regulates fund claims under SFDR and the ISR label.
Read the source article: EmpCo and Green Claims: EU 2024/825 rules explained in 2026