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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 16 April 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 5 May 2022
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 27 June 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 24 January 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 27 February 2024
- ✓ Published as law 16 April 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
- JURI — Legal Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Tiemo WÖLKEN S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #124738 IDMagdalena ADAMOWICZ PPEJorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA ECRMEP #204416 RenewMarie TOUSSAINT Verts/ALEManon AUBRY The Left
- For opinion
- CULT — Culture and Education · rapporteur MEP #130833 The LeftFEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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
Committee opinions: Opinion (CULT),Draft opinion (CULT),Draft opinion (LIBE),Opinion (LIBE)
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
- Outcome
- 16 April 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 11 April 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 27 February 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 546 Against 47 Abstained 31
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:20 · 88% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- Negotiations with the Council
- 24 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 11 July 2023 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”).
- Plenary stage
- 11 July 2023 Plenary vote
- 10 July 2023 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Committee stage
- 27 June 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 25 May 2023 CULT (Culture and Education) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 23 May 2023 LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 7 March 2023 Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 2 March 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 20 February 2023 Draft opinion from CULT (Culture and Education)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 5 May 2022 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) give an opinion.