Establishing a Single Market emergency instrument and repealing Council Regulation No (EC) 2679/98
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 8 November 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 November 2022
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 18 July 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 July 2023
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
- ✓ Published as law 8 November 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
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Rapporteur
- Andreas SCHWAB PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #35016 IDAdam BIELAN ECRAnna CAVAZZINI Verts/ALERené REPASI S&DMEP #124708 RenewMEP #197527 The Left
- For opinion
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Marc ANGEL S&DTRAN — Transport and Tourism BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Johan VAN OVERTVELDT ECRECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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: Draft opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (ITRE),Opinion (ITRE),Opinion (EMPL)
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
- 8 November 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 9 October 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 24 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 408 Against 63 Abstained 153
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:39 · 65% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- Negotiations with the Council
- 22 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 13 September 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
- 13 September 2023 Plenary vote
- 12 September 2023 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 25 July 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 18 July 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 28 June 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 12 June 2023 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 29 March 2023 Draft opinion from ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 10 March 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 10 March 2023 Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 12 January 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 9 November 2022 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), BUDG (Budgets), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.