Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives

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The European Commission is taking action against several EU Member States that have failed to notify the Commission of measures they have adopted to transpose EU Directives into their national laws. The deadline to transpose these Directives has expired recently. The Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to these Member States, giving them two months to reply and complete the transposition of the Directives. If they fail to do so, the Commission may pass to a next step and issue a reasoned opinion. The Member States in question have failed to fully transpose three EU directives. The Commission is urging them to take immediate action to bring their laws in line with EU requirements.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose rules to empower consumers for the green transition Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 20 Member States – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden – for failing to communicate the complete transposition of the Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (Directive (EU) 2024/825). The Directive improves the reliability and transparency of green claims and sustainability labels. It encourages businesses to adopt more sustainable practices and prevents early obsolescence and greenwashing. It also ensures that shoppers have access to better information on a product’s durability and repairability, as well as on their legal guarantee rights. Member States had until 27 March 2026 to transpose the Directive into their national law. To date, the 20 Member States mentioned failed to communicate complete transposition to the Commission. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to the Member States concerned, which now have two months to respond and notify their complete transposition measures to the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose new rules updating training requirements for nurses, dental practitioners and pharmacists 
Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 8 EU countries for failing to notify the measures fully incorporating into national law Directive (EU) 2024/782 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications. The transposition deadline was 4 March 2026. Directive (EU) 2024/782 updates the minimum training requirements for nurses responsible for general care, dental practitioners and pharmacists to reflect generally acknowledged scientific and technical progress.  The updates introduce or further develop EU-level training requirements in areas such as e-health, digital technologies, immunology, regenerative medicine, dentistry, biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, genetics and pharmacogenomics. To date, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Austria and Portugal have failed to communicate to the Commission the measures fully incorporating the new rules into national law. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to these Member States, which now have two months to respond, complete their incorporation at national level and notify their measures to the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose new rules strengthening workers’ protection from lead and diisocyanates
Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 10 EU countries for failing to notify their measures fully  transposing Directive (EU) 2024/869 into national law. The transposition deadline was 9 April 2026. This Directive amends Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work, and Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of workers from chemical agents at work, by introducing significantly lower occupational and biological  limit values  for lead and its inorganic compounds. It also  establishes  for the first time binding occupational exposure limit values for diisocyanates. Lead is a dangerous reprotoxic substance, classified as a non-threshold reprotoxic substance for which no safe level of exposure can be scientifically established. Diisocyanates are skin and respiratory sensitisers associated with occupational asthma and other serious health effects. Until now, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Spain,  Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia have failed to communicate to the Commission the respective measures fully incorporating the new rules into national law. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to these Member States, which now have two months to respond, complete their incorporation at national level and notify their measures to the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.