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Establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 September 2016
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 30 May 2017
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 9 June 2017
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 22 May 2024
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. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE IDKarlo RESSLER PPEMEP #197650 S&DHilde VAUTMANS RenewSaskia BRICMONT Verts/ALEMEP #124992 GUE-NGL
For opinion
AFET — Foreign Affairs BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur MEP #1473 ALDE

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

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 22 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 14 May 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 404 Against 202 Abstained 16

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:32 · 65% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act 18:32 A8-0212/2017 – Jorge Buxadé Villalba – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act
    Rejected
    2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 18:32 A8-0212/2017 – Jorge Buxadé Villalba – Provisional agreement – Am 158
    Adopted
    3. Final vote Text as a whole
    — no individual positions recorded
    5. Final vote Commission proposal
  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 14 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  8. Committee stage
  9. 19 March 2021 – 10 February 2023 Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

  10. Negotiations with the Council
  11. 14 June 2017 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  12. Plenary stage
  13. 9 June 2017 Report tabled for plenary

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

  14. Committee stage
  15. 30 May 2017 Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  16. 6 March 2017 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

  17. 3 March 2017 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

  18. 8 February 2017 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

  19. 2 February 2017 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

  20. 12 September 2016 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.