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18 laws now decide who sells into the world's richest markets. We track every one of them, monthly, from the supplier side of the chain.
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Europe simplified its due diligence laws for European companies. For the suppliers who answer their questionnaires, the burden simply changed shape.
The omnibus rewrote Europe's due diligence laws in the name of simplification. From the supplier end of the chain, nothing about compliance got simpler.
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Omnibus negotiations settled a narrowed scope; member state transposition now runs to July 2027.
Omnibus lifted employee thresholds and delayed later reporting waves by two years.
Application began for large operators on 30 December 2025; SME obligations follow on 30 June 2026.
Commission building the forced labour risk database ahead of application in December 2027.
Battery supply chain due diligence obligations postponed to August 2027 under the simplification omnibus.
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