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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

The status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast)

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 adopted its position on 20 April 2023. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 22 June 2022
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 March 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 April 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 20 April 2023
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 20 April 2023
  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
Rapporteur
Anna STROLENBERG Verts/ALE
Shadow rapporteurs
Lena DÜPONT PPEFrancisco ASSIS S&DSusanna CECCARDI PfESebastian TYNKKYNEN ECRAbir AL-SAHLANI Renew

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

Tabled for plenary · latest Report A9-0145/2023 13 April 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast) creates a harmonised EU long-term resident status and sets rules on procedures and rights.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 21 November 2022 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the proposed recast directive on the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents. It adopts a first-reading position and tables amendments to the Commission proposal.

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. Negotiations with the Council
  2. 20 April 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 20 April 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 20 April 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0162/2022📄 Report A9-0145/2023
  5. 13 April 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0145/2023
  6. Committee stage
  7. 28 March 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 24 January 2023 Committee opinion adopted

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

  9. 8 December 2022 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (LIBE)
  10. 21 November 2022 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (LIBE)
  11. 11 October 2022 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (EMPL)
  12. 22 June 2022 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.