Requirement · LIA-05

A company's civil liability for due-diligence damages is expressly without prejudice to the separate civil liability of its subsidiaries or of its direct and indirect business partners

Addressee Companies subject to due diligence duties under Directive (EU) 2024/1760Act COM(2025) 81, 2025/0045 (COD)Article Art. 4(12), replacing Art. 29(5), first subparagraph of Directive (EU) 2024/1760Class Businesses

What changes

No population change — clarifies that a company's own civil liability does not shield its subsidiaries or business partners from their own separate liability.

Prior rule vs new rule

Prior rule

Obligation

Prior wording not available in the source file.

New rule

Obligation

A company's civil liability for due-diligence damages is expressly without prejudice to the separate civil liability of its subsidiaries or of its direct and indirect business partners

Who is affected

Addressee

Companies subject to due diligence duties under Directive (EU) 2024/1760

Class

Businesses

Sectors

No sector named — applies by size or activity

Applies

Once transposed by Member States (transposition due within 12 months of this Directive's entry into force)

Burden drivers

No burden drivers recorded on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

The civil liability of a company for damages as referred to in this Article shall be without prejudice to the civil liability of its subsidiaries or of any direct and indirect business partners in the chain of activities of the company.

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