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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time

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: Parliament voted its first-reading position on 26 March 2019. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 September 2018
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 March 2019
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 March 2019
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 26 March 2019
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council
  6. 6 Published as law
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
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
MEP #96672 S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #96922 ALDEMEP #96694 EFDDMEP #124748 ENFMEP #96272 PPEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRMEP #183338 Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN GUE-NGL
For opinion
PETI — Petitions · rapporteur MEP #96677 ALDEENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur MEP #124874 ECRIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur MEP #125003 Verts/ALEAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur MEP #124862 ALDEITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur MEP #124809 PPEJURI — Legal Affairs · rapporteur MEP #96272 PPE

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 TA8-0225/2019 26 March 2019 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive would end seasonal clock changes across the Union and repeal Directive 2000/84/EC.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A8-0169/2019 7 March 2019 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000/84/EC. It ends the biannual clock change, lets each member state keep its own standard time, and sets up a coordination mechanism to avoid disruption to the internal market.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 18 December 2018 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report responds to the Commission proposal to end seasonal clock changes and repeal Directive 2000/84/EC. It supports ending the biannual change but replaces the fixed 2019 date with a two-year transition after entry into force.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (AGRI),Opinion (ENVI),Opinion (PETI),Draft opinion (ENVI),Opinion (ITRE),Opinion (JURI),Draft opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (JURI),Draft opinion (PETI),Draft opinion (IMCO),Opinion (IMCO),Opinion (AGRI)

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. Plenary stage
  2. 26 March 2019 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 26 March 2019 📄 Adopted text TA8-0225/2019📄 Report A8-0169/2019
  3. 7 March 2019 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A8-0169/2019
  4. Committee stage
  5. 4 March 2019 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 21 February 2019 IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (IMCO)
  7. 20 February 2019 PETI (Petitions) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (PETI)
  8. 20 February 2019 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  9. 19 February 2019 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (AGRI)
  10. 19 February 2019 JURI (Legal Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (JURI)
  11. 19 February 2019 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (ITRE)
  12. 17 January 2019 Draft opinion from JURI (Legal Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (JURI)
  13. 18 December 2018 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  14. 13 December 2018 Draft opinion from ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ITRE)
  15. 10 December 2018 Draft opinion from ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (ENVI)
  16. 5 December 2018 Draft opinion from AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (AGRI)
  17. 19 November 2018 Draft opinion from PETI (Petitions)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (PETI)
  18. 15 November 2018 Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (IMCO)
  19. 13 September 2018 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; PETI (Petitions), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.