(b)

the following paragraph is inserted: ‘2a. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of the in-depth assessment referred to in paragraph 2, point (b): ; companies may request information from business partners only where that information is necessary, and, in the case of business partners with fewer than 5 000 employees, only when the information cannot reasonably be obtained by other means; where the necessary information can be obtained from different business partners, companies prioritise requesting information, where reasonable, directly from the business partner or partners where the adverse impacts are most likely to occur; where adverse impacts are identified as equally likely to occur or equally severe in several areas, companies may prioritise assessing such areas which involve direct business partners.’

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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.