Air Transport Agreement and Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport Agreement, between the United States of America, the EU and its Member States, Iceland and Norway
Parliament is asked to approve a decision — typically an international agreement — which it can accept or reject but not amend.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 30 November 2011
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 18 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 19 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- ✓ Published as law 22 May 2026
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism
- Rapporteur
- Johan DANIELSSON S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA PPEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRCynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ RenewKai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA The Left
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 22 May 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 631 Against 6 Abstained 10
Final vote on the draft Council decision at 14:30 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 19 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 18 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 9 February 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 30 November 2011 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.