Sources

Everything on this site traces to the primary legal text or to a dated law-firm tracker. Sources checked 12 July 2026.

Primary law

Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023, consolidated text on EUR-Lex (Articles 5, 7, 9, 10, 16, 18, 23 and 34): eur-lex.europa.eu
Directive (EU) 2023/970, PDF: eur-lex.europa.eu (PDF)

Transposition trackers (per-country status)

No country row ships without confirmation from at least one of these, dated within the current quarter.

Littler, "Did Member States Meet the Deadline?", 8 June 2026: littler.com
Mayer Brown, "Practical Briefing for International Employers", July 2026: mayerbrown.com
Morgan Lewis, "The Deadline for Transposition Has Passed, What Now?", June 2026: morganlewis.com
Ius Laboris, "Which countries have transposed", updated 3 July 2026: iuslaboris.com
DLA Piper, Global Employment Latest Developments (France and Spain drafts): knowledge.dlapiper.com

Commercial trackers (for cross-checking only, not primary): Synd.io, Trusaic, beqom and pay-transparency-tracker.com.

Country-specific context

Ireland: Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (annual report for employers with 50 or more employees).
Spain: Royal Decree 902/2020 (equal-pay records, pay audits and equality plans at 50 or more employees).
France: Index Egapro (a five-indicator index at 50 or more employees, set to be replaced by the Directive's seven data points).
Germany: Entgelttransparenzgesetz (the existing Pay Transparency Act).

Cross-check rule: the per-country transposition split changes month to month, so we re-verify against the trackers above on the schedule set out in the methodology, and each row carries its own as-at date.