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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Proposed amendments to Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union

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 12 August 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 December 2022
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 September 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 27 September 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 24 January 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 27 February 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 12 August 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
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
MEP #204416 Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #124738 IDAngelika NIEBLER PPERené REPASI S&DMEP #124873 ECRMEP #197431 Verts/ALE
For opinion
AFCO — Constitutional Affairs · rapporteur Sven SIMON PPE

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 TA9-0086/2024 27 February 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a draft regulation amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, following a request from the Court.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0278/2023 27 September 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal amends Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice. It transfers to the General Court jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings in six specific areas, keeps certain cases with the Court of Justice, and extends the appeal admission mechanism.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 13 June 2023 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on a draft regulation amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It supports the reform's aim of transferring certain preliminary ruling requests to the General Court and broadening the admission mechanism for appeals.

Committee opinions: Opinion (AFCO),Draft opinion (AFCO)

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. 12 August 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 11 April 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 27 February 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 27 February 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0086/2024📄 Report A9-0278/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 600 Against 13 Abstained 12

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:23 · 96% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 24 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  8. 4 October 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 27 September 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0278/2023
  11. Committee stage
  12. 19 September 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  13. 18 July 2023 AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (AFCO)
  14. 13 June 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (JURI)
  15. 9 June 2023 Draft opinion from AFCO (Constitutional Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (AFCO)
  16. 12 December 2022 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) gives an opinion.