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Consent procedure

Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 March 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 March 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 18 March 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 29 May 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #237779 S&DMargarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN ECRMEP #197547 RenewKira Marie PETER-HANSEN Verts/ALEMEP #197785 The Left

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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0197/2024 10 April 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to a draft Council directive setting standards for equality bodies. The directive covers equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment, and between women and men in social security and access to goods and services.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0128/2024 18 March 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the draft Council directive setting minimum standards for equality bodies across the EU.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (FEMM) 23 February 2024 ✦ The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality gives its consent to the draft Council directive on standards for equality bodies.

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. Outcome
  2. 29 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 10 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0197/2024📄 Report A9-0128/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 495 Against 106 Abstained 18

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 18:43 · 80% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 18 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0128/2024
  6. Committee stage
  7. 14 March 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 11 March 2024 Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  9. 23 February 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (FEMM)