Import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol) (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: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 January 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 November 2022
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 24 October 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 30 October 2023
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 23 April 2024
- ✓ Published as law 22 January 2025
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
- INTA — International Trade
- Rapporteur
- Bernd LANGE S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197695 PPEUrmas PAET RenewMarkéta GREGOROVÁ Verts/ALESergio BERLATO ECRMEP #192635 IDMEP #24505 The Left
- For opinion
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection AFET — Foreign Affairs BUDG — Budgets
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 (LIBE),Draft 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
- 22 January 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 19 December 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 23 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 537 Against 40 Abstained 28
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:50 · 89% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- Negotiations with the Council
- 20 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 9 November 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 30 October 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 24 October 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 20 September 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 September 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 5 June 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 9 November 2022 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.