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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants in relation to illegal entry into the territory of the European Union

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: Referred to LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) on 13 December 2021; no report yet.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 December 2021
  2. 2 Committee work
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  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
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteurs
Sérgio GONÇALVES S&DTomas TOBÉ PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Gheorghe FALCĂ PPEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRKai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The LeftSiegbert Frank DROESE ESNEvin INCIR S&DAlexandre VARAUT PfENicolas BAY ECRJan-Christoph OETJEN RenewLeoluca ORLANDO Verts/ALEPernando BARRENA ARZA 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.

Timeline

  1. Committee stage
  2. 13 December 2021 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.