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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates

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 19 March 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 March 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 September 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 8 September 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 11 January 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 February 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 19 March 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
EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
Rapporteur
MEP #197571 The Left
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197586 IDMEP #197455 PPEMEP #228604 S&DMEP #197544 ECRMEP #247122 RenewSara MATTHIEU Verts/ALE
For opinion
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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 TA9-0066/2024 7 February 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a directive amending Directive 2004/37/EC and Directive 98/24/EC on limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and for diisocyanates.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0263/2023 8 September 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC on limit values for lead, its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates. It sets occupational exposure limits and biological limit values, adds rules for workers with historical exposure, and requires reviews and guidelines.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (EMPL) 8 May 2023 ✦ The draft report sets out Parliament's position on a proposed directive amending Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC on limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates.

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. 19 March 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 13 March 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. 7 February 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 7 February 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0066/2024📄 Report A9-0263/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 589 Against 10 Abstained 40

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:56 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 6 February 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 6 February 2024 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0022/2023📄 Report A9-0263/2023
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 11 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  9. 13 September 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

  10. Plenary stage
  11. 8 September 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0263/2023
  12. Committee stage
  13. 7 September 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  14. 8 May 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (EMPL)
  15. 13 March 2023 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.