EU FLR
Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 — Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
Topic : Human rights · Level : Regional
Today
In force; applies 14 Dec 2027. Commission guidelines published Jun 2026; forced labour risk database still in development.
Summary
An EU regulation that applies from 14 December 2027 to every company placing products on the EU market or exporting them, with no size threshold. Buyers must be able to show who made their products and under what working conditions.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- No threshold (SME size weighs in risk)
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- non précisé
- Sectors
- All products, all sectors
- Triggering activities
- Placing or making products available in EU
- Exporting products from the EU
- Selling online to EU end users
- Extraterritorial reach
- Yes
Covers forced labour at any stage worldwide; Commission investigates cases outside the EU.
- Examples
- EU apparel brand sourcing cotton from China
- Solar panel importer (polysilicon)
- Electronics distributor with Asian factories
What the law requires
- Map the supply chain by region and product
- Collect origin and working-conditions evidence from suppliers
- Keep records ready for authority requests
- Withdraw products if authorities order it
Penalties
Set by Member States; product ban, withdrawal and disposal at operator's cost; fines based on gravity and turnover.
What this changes for a supplier in China
Chinese suppliers in high-risk sectors (cotton, polysilicon, aluminium, PVC) must prove labour conditions and raw material origin, or products may be banned EU-wide.
Expected evidence
- Raw material origin trace to region
- Social audit with worker interviews
- Recruitment and wage records
Tiers : Tier 1-N