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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Combating violence against women and domestic violence

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 24 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 23 March 2022
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 June 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 6 July 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 15 February 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 24 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
Rapporteurs
Evin INCIR S&DMEP #197720 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197766 RenewMEP #197480 IDMEP #197536 PPEAssita KANKO ECRMEP #197550 Verts/ALEMEP #124992 The LeftChristine ANDERSON IDPina PICIERNO S&DMargarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN ECRMEP #4344 RenewDiana RIBA I GINER Verts/ALEMEP #197785 The Left
For opinion
JURI — Legal Affairs · rapporteur Axel VOSS PPE· rapporteur Manon AUBRY The LeftIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Alexandra GEESE 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 TA9-0338/2024 24 April 2024 ✦ Parliament's position on a proposed directive sets EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0234/2023 6 July 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence sets out criminal offences, penalties, victim protection, support services, prevention and data collection rules.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (JURI),Draft opinion (EMPL),Opinion (BUDG),Opinion (JURI),Opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (BUDG)

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. 24 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. 24 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 24 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0338/2024📄 Report A9-0234/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 522 Against 27 Abstained 72

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:56 · 84% 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. Demande de mettre aux voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif 13:55 A9-0234/2023 - Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald - Demande de mettre aux voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif
    Rejected
    2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 13:56 A9-0234/2023 - Evin Incir, Frances Fitzgerald - Accord provisoire - Am 298
    Adopted
    3. Final vote Text as a whole
    — no individual positions recorded
    4. Vote on text inserted after Article 5
    5. Final vote Commission proposal
  6. 23 April 2024 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 23 April 2024 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0058/2022📄 Report A9-0234/2023
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 15 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 CJ01-AG-759029
  9. 12 July 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

  10. Plenary stage
  11. 6 July 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0234/2023
  12. Committee stage
  13. 28 June 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  14. 27 June 2023 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 JURI-AL-750144
  15. 26 April 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (EMPL)
  16. 21 March 2023 JURI (Legal Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (JURI)
  17. 2 March 2023 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  18. 13 December 2022 Draft report published

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

    📄 CJ01-PR-739730
  19. 13 December 2022 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (BUDG)
  20. 12 December 2022 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (EMPL)
  21. 28 November 2022 Draft opinion from JURI (Legal Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (JURI)
  22. 23 March 2022 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.