The United States and Qatar stepped up pressure on Brussels to weaken the law.
In a scheduled vote, the European Parliament agreed to negotiate further changes to the law.
The bloc was already considering changes to exempt more companies from the due diligence law.
Companies face fines of 5% of global turnover for non-compliance.
They argue it would lead to businesses leaving Europe.
They said the rules pose a significant risk to the affordability and reliability of critical energy supplies.
The European Commission did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
This directive is a key plank of Europe’s efforts to transition to a cleaner economy.
The leaders of Germany and France have called on the bloc to scrap the law entirely.
Spain has urged Brussels to keep the rules intact to support European priorities on sustainability and human rights.
That plan was shelved on Wednesday when an unlikely coalition of EU lawmakers agreed to reopen the rules.
The letter from the US and Qatar asked the EU to either repeal the law entirely or make significant changes.
They also asked to remove the requirement for companies to have plans in place to comply with climate change goals.
This includes supplying Europe with LNG as it races to replace Russian energy.
The US was the EU’s top LNG supplier last year, providing 45% of its total supply. – Reuters
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