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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Directive (EU) 2015/413 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences

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 30 December 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 March 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 29 November 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 December 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 9 April 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 30 December 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
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #23768 S&DMEP #197458 PPEMEP #96922 RenewMEP #197654 Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA The Left
For opinion
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home 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

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 30 December 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 19 December 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. Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 570 Against 36 Abstained 24

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:43 · 90% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 9 April 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  8. 13 December 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. 5 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

  11. Committee stage
  12. 29 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  13. 1 June 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

  14. 16 March 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.