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Article 1 is amended as follows: paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. This Directive lays down rules on: ; obligations for companies regarding actual and potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and the operations carried out by their business partners in the chains of activities of those companies; and liability for violations of the obligations as referred to in point (a).’ paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. This Directive shall not constitute grounds for reducing the level of protection of human, employment and social rights, or of protection of the environment or of protection of the climate provided for by the national law of the Member States or by the collective agreements applicable at the time of the adoption of this Directive. However, the first sentence of this paragraph shall not prevent Member States from adjusting any national corporate sustainability due diligence laws applicable at the time of the adoption of this Directive, in particular their scope, with a view to aligning them with this Directive.’ ; the following paragraph is added: ‘4. This Directive does not affect Union or national law relating to matters other than those set out in paragraph 1. In particular, the rules referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 do not affect Union or national law concerning human, employment or social rights, or the protection of the environment and climate change other than general due diligence obligations.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.