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Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 September 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 December 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 4 December 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 18 December 2024
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 19 June 2025
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
INTA — International Trade
Rapporteur
Anna CAVAZZINI Verts/ALE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #28219 PPELina GÁLVEZ S&DRihards KOLS ECRJoão COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO RenewLynn BOYLAN 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0069/2024 18 December 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0021/2024 4 December 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, which increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (INTA) 28 October 2024 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the EU concluding the UN Mauritius Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, which increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the explanatory statement is removed in the adopted text. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 19 June 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 18 December 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 18 December 2024 📄 Adopted text TA10-0069/2024📄 Report A10-0021/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 591 Against 7 Abstained 53

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 12:21 · 91% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 16 December 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 16 December 2024 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0080/2024📄 Report A10-0021/2024
  6. 4 December 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0021/2024
  7. Committee stage
  8. 3 December 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  9. 28 October 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (INTA)
  10. 16 September 2024 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.