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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Union Resettlement Framework

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 12 October 2017
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 23 October 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
MEP #124992 GUE-NGL
Shadow rapporteurs
Thijs REUTEN S&DJean-Paul GARRAUD IDTomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ PPEJorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA ECRAbir AL-SAHLANI RenewTineke STRIK Verts/ALE
For opinion
AFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur MEP #28276 PPEEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs DEVE — Development BUDG — Budgets

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 452 Against 154 Abstained 14

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:33 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 26 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 26 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 122 18:32 A8-0316/2017 – Malin Björk – Rejection – Am 122
    Rejected
    2. Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act 18:32 A8-0316/2017 – Malin Björk – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act
    Rejected
    3. Final vote on the provisional agreement 18:33 A8-0316/2017 – Malin Björk – Provisional agreement – Am 121CP1
    Adopted
    4. Final vote Text as a whole
    — no individual positions recorded
    5. Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1
    — no individual positions recorded
    8. Separate vote on Article 5, paragraph 1, point b, point ii, indent 4
    — no individual positions recorded
    10. Separate vote on Article 6, paragraph 1, point a, point iii
    — no individual positions recorded
    11. Separate vote on Article 6, paragraph 1, point d
    — no individual positions recorded
    13. Separate vote on Article 10, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point b
    — no individual positions recorded
    15. Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 1, point 3
    — no individual positions recorded
    17. Separate vote on recital 9
    — no individual positions recorded
    19. Separate vote on recital 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    21. Separate vote on recital 21
    — no individual positions recorded
    25. Separate vote on recital 31
    — no individual positions recorded
    26. 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. 25 October 2017 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 23 October 2017 Report tabled for plenary

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

  11. Committee stage
  12. 12 October 2017 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  13. 30 May 2017 AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

  14. 24 April 2017 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

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

  15. 23 March 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.

  16. 7 March 2017 Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

  17. 3 March 2017 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

  18. 12 September 2016 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), DEVE (Development), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.