Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures
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 29 April 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 12 December 2022
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 6 July 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 July 2023
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 March 2024
- ✓ Published as law 29 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
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- MEP #28266 Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #124875 IDThijs REUTEN S&DPatryk JAKI ECRSaskia BRICMONT Verts/ALEMEP #197731 The LeftMEP #197777 PPE
- For opinion
- BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur MEP #209140 RenewECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs JURI — Legal 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 (BUDG),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
- Outcome
- 29 April 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 24 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
- 12 March 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 543 Against 45 Abstained 27
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:15 · 88% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 11 March 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 23 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 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”).
- Plenary stage
- 7 July 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 6 July 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 June 2023 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 3 May 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 19 April 2023 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 12 December 2022 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.