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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION (14575/2025 – C100210/2026 – 2025/0267(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the International Coffee Agreement 2022

INTA-PR-796339

Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Bernd Lange

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This is a draft report by the Committee on International Trade on the draft Council decision to conclude the International Coffee Agreement 2022. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement. The 2022 Agreement replaces the 2007 Agreement, updates voting and contribution systems, and brings the private sector and civil society into the work of the International Coffee Organization. Parliament's consent is needed for the Council to adopt the decision concluding the agreement.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the International Coffee Agreement 2022, without prejudice to its democratic right of continuous scrutiny.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the International Coffee Agreement 2022.
  2. The EU is a Contracting Party to the International Coffee Agreement 2007 and a member of the International Coffee Organization; the 2007 agreement entered into force on 2 February 2011.
  3. On 28 July 2021 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations on amendments to the 2007 Agreement.
  4. The International Coffee Council approved the text of the 2022 Agreement at its 133rd Special Session on 9 June 2022.
  5. The 2022 Agreement updates the balance of the voting and contribution systems and addresses the integration of the private sector and civil society into the work of the International Coffee Organization.
  6. The 2022 Agreement keeps the intergovernmental nature of the International Coffee Organization and takes into account simplification and streamlining.
  7. The 2022 Agreement is to replace the 2007 Agreement, which has been extended until 1 February 2028.
  8. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent, without prejudice to its democratic right of continuous scrutiny.

Who is affected

  • The EU as a Contracting Party to the 2007 Agreement, which would be replaced by the 2022 Agreement.
  • The International Coffee Organization, whose voting and contribution systems and intergovernmental nature the agreement addresses.
  • The private sector and civil society, which the 2022 Agreement integrates into the work of the International Coffee Organization.

Figures and deadlines

  • 2 February 2011: date the 2007 International Coffee Agreement entered into force.
  • 28 July 2021: date the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations.
  • 9 June 2022: date the International Coffee Council approved the 2022 Agreement at its 133rd Special Session.
  • 1 February 2028: date until which the 2007 Agreement has been extended.
  • 10 September 2026: date the file was referred to the European Parliament.

Legal basis: Article 207(3) and Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.