The EU Commission wants to postpone the application of the controversial EU Lief Coveret Act and change the project.
The Commission said. In addition, a number of simplifications are to relieve companies. The Commission speaks of savings of 320 million euros annually.
The European supply chain law was only decided last year. The EU countries should actually have a good two years to implement the new rules into national law. The aim of the project is to strengthen human rights worldwide. Large companies should be able to be held accountable if they benefit from human rights violations such as child or forced labor.
However, there was great criticism from the economy of the project. Companies see exaggerated guidelines that impose large bureaucratic burdens on them and reduce the competitiveness of Europe. The changes also need a majority among the EU countries and in the European Parliament.