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- Jun 30, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Deadline for EU Listed Companies to Reach 40% Women on Boards
- 30 June 2026 is the date by which large EU listed companies must have either 40% of non-executive director seats or 33% of all director seats held by the underrepresented sex[1]
- Companies not subject to the 33% option must also set their own targets for executive directors by the same date[1]
- Parliament's Legal Affairs chair Ilhan Kyuchyuk marked the day by saying large listed companies "are as of today expected to meet the targets", 14 years after the first proposal[4]
- The European Institute for Gender Equality counted women at 33.6% of directors of the largest EU listed companies in October 2025, ranging from 46.5% in France to 8.5% in Cyprus[4]
- Companies that fall short must explain why and how they will improve, and national authorities can fine them or annul a contested appointment[3]
- Austria's new law raising its supervisory-board quota to 40% took effect the same day, while Germany kept its existing 30% quota framework[2]
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- [1]90%publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/43bf368f-75d2-11ed-9887-01aa75ed71a1.0006.01/DOC_1publications.europa.eu· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Jun 30, 2026 ✓· 27% of score
Article 5(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2381 says listed companies are subject to the 40% or 33% objectives "to be reached by 30 June 2026".
- [2]75%EU Women on Boards Directive: After the June 2026 Deadlinefemale-executive-search.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 27% of score
Country state of play in mid-2026: an EU average of roughly 34% before the deadline, France and Italy above the target, Austria's new 40% law in force from 30 June 2026, Germany relying on its existing 30% quota.[1]
- [3]80%Gender balance on company boards - Your Europeeuropa.eu· Added Sep 25, 2026· 27% of score
Companies that miss the targets must explain why and what they will do; national authorities publish which companies meet them and can impose fines or annul appointments.[1]
- [4]85%EU Parliament marks deadline for gender balance targets on company boards (INSIGHT EU MONITORING)ieu-monitoring.com· Published Jun 30, 2026· 19% of score
Reproduces the Legal Affairs and Women's Rights committee chairs' statement of 29 June 2026: large listed companies "are as of today expected to meet the targets"; EIGE put women at 33.6% of directors of the largest EU listed companies in October 2025, from 46.5% in France to 8.5% in Cyprus.[1]
- [5]85%Directive (EU) 2022/2381 of 23 November 2022 - Publications Office of the EUop.europa.eu· Published Dec 7, 2022· 0% of score
The official record of the directive that sets the 30 June 2026 target date.[1]
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