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 15 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 the EU framework for labour migration

Today, the European Commission decided to send letters of formal notice to 17 Member States – Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden- for failing to communicate the complete transposition of Directive 2024/1233. The revised Single Permit Directive (EU) 2024/1233  strengthens the EU framework for labour migration, facilitating the admission and retention of non-EU workers. It shortens to 90 days the decision deadline for applications for a single permit covering residence and work, and allows non-EU citizens to apply both from abroad and, for holders of a valid residence permit, from within the Member States. The Single Permit Directive strengthens the protection against exploitation providing a right to change employer, and requires monitoring, inspections, complaint mechanisms, legal redress and sanctions. The 17 Member States have not communicated their national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission by the set deadline of 21 May 2026. The Member States concerned 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 the Reception Conditions Directive

Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 16 Member States – Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden – for failing to communicate the complete transposition of Directive 2024/1346. The Reception Conditions Directive (EU) 2024/1346  ensures that all EU countries provide adequate and comparable living conditions for those seeking international protection.     It  also gives Member States flexibility to manage their reception systems, and introduces rules to prevent and deter unauthorised secondary movements, including by reducing disparities across Member States’ systems. The full and timely transposition of the Directive is essential to ensure legal certainty, and the proper functioning of migration and asylum system. The 16 Member States have not communicated the national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission by the set deadline of 12 June 2026. 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 rules countering abusive lawsuits against public participation

Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 14 Member States – Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania, and Slovakia- for failing to communicate complete transposition of EU rules protecting people from strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) (Directive (EU) 2024/1069). SLAPPs are unfounded and abusive legal actions that aim to silence those working for the public interest. Targets of SLAPPs can include journalists, human rights defenders or civil society organisations. The Directive provides them with tools to fight back against manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings covering civil matters with cross-border implications. It enables courts to dismiss manifestly unfounded claims early in the process, provides for remedies for targeted persons, as well as protection against third-country judgments. Member States had until 7 May 2026 to transpose the Directive into their national law. To date, the 14 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 rules fighting serious environmental crimes

Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 23 Member States – Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, and Sweden – for failing to notify measures fully transposing the Environmental Crime Directive (EU) 2024/1203. Environmental crime causes significant damage to the environment, citizens’ health and the economy within the EU and worldwide. Globally it is the fourth largest organised crime activity, causing estimated annual losses of EUR 80-230 billion. The Directive provides an updated list of serious environmental crimes with more severe penalties for breaches to environmental law resulting in serious, widespread and substantial damage of the environment. Member States had until 21 May 2026 to transpose the Directive into their national law. To date, the 23 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 on roadside control of vehicles carrying dangerous goods

Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 14 Member States – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania and Sweden– for failing to communicate the complete transposition of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/1801. The Directive concerns the updating of procedures for checks on the transport by road of dangerous goods, in line with scientific and technical progress. These new rules replace the uniform checklist used for roadside checks on vehicles carrying dangerous goods, and update the list of possible infringements and their associated risk categories. Member States had until 23 June 2026 to transpose the Commission Delegated Directive into their national law. To date, the 14 Member States have 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 report complete transposition measures. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose the Listing Act Directive

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia for failing to fully transpose the Listing Act Directive (Directive EU 2024/2811). The Listing Act Directive aims to make the EU public capital markets more attractive, in particular improving access to capital for smaller companies, thus delivering on the main Savings and Investment Union objectives. The Listing Act also seeks to support the development of financial research and research coverage of companies, including by giving more flexibility to investment firms for how they pay for third-party research and by setting out a regulatory perimeter for the issuer-sponsored research. The deadline to transpose the Directive into national law was 5 June 2026. To date, 18 Member States failed to communicate full transposition of the Directive to the Commission. The Commission is now addressing letters of formal notice to the Member States concerned, which will have two months to respond, complete their transposition and notify their measures to the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue reasoned opinions.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose the EMIR Targeted Review Directive

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Finland for failing to fully transpose the EMIR Targeted Review Directive (Directive EU 2024/2994),  which consists of targeted modifications to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) (Directive 2009/65/EC), Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) (Directive 2013/36/EU) and Investment Firms Directive (IFD) (Directive (EU) 2019/2034). The EMIR Targeted Review Directive aims at providing a uniform set of rules to address counterparty risk in derivative transactions performed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and cleared by a central counterparty (CCPs) recognised as such under the EMIR Regulation. In order to encourage credit institutions and investment firms to adapt their business models to ensure consistency with the new requirements for clearing derivatives, Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/2034 have been amended to enhance their risk management practices and adequately monitor and mitigate the concentration risk, alongside additional specific tools and powers for supervisors under in the context of excessive concentration risk. The deadline for the transposition of these changes was 25 June 2026. To date, 21 Member States failed to communicate full transposition of the Directive to the Commission. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to the Member States concerned, which now have two months to respond, complete their transposition and notify their measures to the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

The Commission calls on Member States to transpose the reinforced rules on the energy performance of buildings

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to all 27 EU Member States for failing to fully transpose into national law the provisions of the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU) 2024/1275 (EPBD). The Directive was adopted in 2024 and Member States had to notify their transposition of the Directive by 29 May 2026, except for Article 17(15) on the prohibition of financial incentives for the installation of fossil fuel boilers which had to be transposed earlier, by 1 January 2025. Buildings are the single largest energy consumer in Europe. Transposition and implementation of the EPBD is key to boosting the EU’s current very low annual energy renovation rate (1%), reducing bills for citizens and businesses and the EU’s dependence on imported fossil fuels, and achieving a zero-emission and fully decarbonised building stock by 2050. The recast Directive sets new requirements on minimum energy performance standards for non-residential buildings and trajectories for the progressive renovation of residential buildings, infrastructure for sustainable mobility, and solar energy in buildings. It also foresees the establishment of one-stop shops for advice on building renovation and includes provisions on public and private financing which will make renovation more affordable and feasible. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to the Member States concerned. They now have two months to respond, complete their transposition and notify 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 directives restricting certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to seven Member States – Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia – for failing to transpose into their national legislation three Commission Delegated Directives, namely 2025/1802/EU, 2025/2363/EU and 2025/2364/EU amending the Directive on the restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Directive 2011/65/EU – RoHS Directive). The RoHS Directive restricts the use of hazardous substances, such as lead, to protect human health and the environment, and enables environmentally sound recovery and waste treatment of electrical and electronic equipment. The RoHS Directive allows, under certain conditions, time-limited exemptions from the restrictions on the use of different substances. The Delegated Directives renew the exemptions as regards lead in high melting temperature solders (Directive 2025/1802/EU), lead in glass or ceramic components (Directive 2025/2363/EU), as well as lead as an alloying element in steel, aluminum and copper (Directive 2025/2364/EU). The renewal of the exemptions does not weaken environmental and health protection. Member States had to transpose the Directives into their national law by 30 June 2026. However, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia have failed to communicate their transposition measures regarding Directives 2025/1802/EU and 2025/2363/EU. Spain, Latvia, Hungary, Malta and Slovakia have failed to communicate their transposition measures regarding Directive 2025/2364/EU. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to these Member States, which now have two months to respond and complete the transposition of the Directives. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose the Directive as regards the protocols for the examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to three  Member States – Belgium, Cyprus, and Hungary -for failing to fully transpose Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2025/2449 on the examination of certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species. Member States had to transpose this Directive into national law by 30 June 2026. The Directive aims to harmonise the procedures for the acceptance of new varieties of agricultural plant species and of vegetable species in compliance with the latest protocols established by the Community Plant Variety Office. Full implementation of the legislation is key to continuing harmonisation between all Member States in the area of seed marketing. The Commission is therefore sending letters of formal notice to the Member States concerned which now have two months to respond and address the shortcomings raised by 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 on standards for equality bodies

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to twenty-two Member States – Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Finland – for failing to communicate the complete transposition of the Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies (Council Directive (EU) 2024/1499 and Directive (EU) 2024/1500 of the European Parliament and of the Council). Equality bodies in Member States promote equal treatment by supporting victims of discrimination, conducting surveys, publishing reports, and issuing recommendations on discrimination-related matters. The Directives set EU-wide minimum requirements for equality of bodies in a number of key areas. These include enhanced competences to combat discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation in employment, and sex-based discrimination in social security; independence from external influence; sufficient human, technical and financial resources; and sufficient powers to fulfill their mandate. Member States had until 19 June 2026 to transpose the Directives into their national law. To date, the 22 Member States 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 address the shortcomings raised by the Commission. In the absence of a satisfactory response, the Commission may decide to issue a reasoned opinion.

Commission calls on Member States to amend directives regarding emergency procedures for product conformity assessment linked to an internal market emergency 

Today, the European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to 24 Member States – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Greece, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden – for failing to notify measures fully transposing Directive (EU) 2024/2749.  This Directive amends several EU directives related to emergency procedures for product conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, the adoption of common specifications and market surveillance linked to an internal market emergency. Directive (EU) 2024/2749 was adopted on 9 October 2024, together  with Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 establishing IMERA, the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act and the Omnibus Regulation (EU) 2024/2748. Together, these form the ‘IMERA’ package. It is the EU crisis instrument to ensure the uninterrupted movement of essential goods, services and persons and the availability of critical supplies across the EU during a crisis.   To date, all 24 Member States mentioned had failed to communicate complete transposition to the Commission, who 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 reasoned opinions.