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Requirement · STD-01

Adopt a delegated act providing sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by out-of-scope (under 1000 employee) undertakings

Addressee European CommissionAct COM(2025) 81, 2025/0045 (COD)Article Art. 2(8), inserting Art. 29ca of Directive 2013/34/EUClass European Commission

What changes

The European Commission gains a new delegated-act drafting duty; out-of-scope undertakings gain access to a voluntary reporting standard that did not exist before.

The rule

New — no predecessor
Obligation

Adopt a delegated act providing sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by out-of-scope (under 1000 employee) undertakings

Who is affected

Addressee
European Commission
Class
European Commission
Sectors
No sector named — applies by size or activity
Applies
By 4 months after entry into force of this Directive

Burden drivers

D1 — 1 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Binds the European Commission; if you are under 1000 employees you may eventually use the resulting voluntary standard.

Source text

Verbatim

To facilitate voluntary reporting of sustainability information by undertakings other than those referred to in Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1), the Commission shall adopt a delegated act by [4 months after entry into force of this Directive] in accordance with Article 49 supplementing this Directive to provide for sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by such undertakings.

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