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Ordinary legislative procedure Second reading

Protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States

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 December 2020 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 14 December 2020
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 December 2020
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 12 November 2020
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 16 December 2020
  6. ✓ Published as law 22 December 2020
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
CONT — Budgetary Control
Rapporteurs
MEP #96991 S&DMEP #112611 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197597 IDMEP #26837 PPEBogdan RZOŃCA ECRMoritz KÖRNER RenewAlexandra GEESE Verts/ALEYounous OMARJEE GUE-NGLMEP #197482 IDClaudiu MANDA S&DMEP #28372 ECRMEP #197588 RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALE

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 TA9-0356/2020 16 December 2020 ✦ Parliament approves the Council's first-reading position on a regulation creating a general regime of conditionality to protect the Union budget where there are generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in member states.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA8-0349/2019 4 April 2019 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on protecting the Union's budget where a member state has generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law. It defines such deficiencies, lists the measures that may be taken, and sets out the procedure for adopting and lifting them.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA8-0038/2019 17 January 2019 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on protecting the Union's budget where a member state has generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law. It defines such deficiencies, lists the situations that count, and sets out measures including suspension of payments and commitments.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0262/2020 14 December 2020 ✦ Parliament's committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control recommend that Parliament approve the Council's first-reading position on a regulation creating a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A8-0469/2018 18 December 2018 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation protecting the Union's budget where a member state has generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law. It widens the definition of such deficiencies, adds a panel of independent experts, and lets the Commission adopt measures by implementing act.

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. 22 December 2020 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 16 December 2020 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. 16 December 2020 Plenary vote
  6. 16 December 2020 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 16 December 2020 📄 Council / Commission text C8-0189/2018📄 Council / Commission text C9-0407/2020📄 Council / Commission text C9-0409/2020📄 Motion for a resolution B9-0428/2020📄 Motion for a resolution B9-0429/2020📄 Report A9-0260/2020📄 Report A9-0261/2020📄 Report A9-0262/2020
  7. Committee stage
  8. 14 December 2020 Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  9. 14 December 2020 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  10. 13 November 2020 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 CJ13-PR-660258
  11. Negotiations with the Council
  12. 12 November 2020 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  13. Plenary stage
  14. 4 April 2019 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 4 April 2019 📄 Report A8-0469/2018
  15. Negotiations with the Council
  16. 17 January 2019 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  17. Plenary stage
  18. 17 January 2019 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 January 2019 📄 Report A8-0469/2018
  19. Committee stage
  20. 11 June 2018 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.