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Execution of driving disqualifications with a Union-wide effect

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 5 November 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 October 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 13 October 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 October 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 21 October 2025
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 May 2025
  6. ✓ Published as law 5 November 2025
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
Rapporteurs
MEP #197844 S&DMatteo RICCI S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Markus FERBER PPERoman HAIDER PfEMEP #96922 RenewTilly METZ Verts/ALECarlo CICCIOLI ECRMEP #124873 ECROihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ RenewElena KOUNTOURA The LeftSiegbert Frank DROESE ESN
For opinion
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0233/2025 21 October 2025 ✦ Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a directive amending Directive (EU) 2025/… as regards certain driving disqualifications, concluding the second reading.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0057/2024 6 February 2024 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive on the Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications. It aims to ensure that driving disqualifications for major road-safety-related traffic offences committed in a Member State other than the one that issued the driving licence have effect across the entire Union.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0193/2025 15 October 2025 ✦ Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a directive amending Directive (EU) 2025/… as regards certain driving disqualifications.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0410/2023 7 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive on the Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications. It sets rules for notifying and enforcing driving disqualifications across member states, with deadlines and use of the RESPER network.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 6 October 2025 ✦ This is a draft recommendation for a second-reading legislative resolution approving the Council's position on a directive amending Directive (EU) 2025/… on driving disqualifications.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 4 September 2023 ✦ The draft report proposes amendments to the directive on Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications, setting time limits, using the RESPER network for information exchange, and aligning disqualification durations.

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. 5 November 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 22 October 2025 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. 21 October 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 21 October 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0233/2025📄 Report A10-0193/2025
  6. 15 October 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0193/2025
  7. Committee stage
  8. 13 October 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  9. 9 October 2025 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

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

  10. 6 October 2025 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  11. Negotiations with the Council
  12. 14 May 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 TRAN-AG-773290
  13. 25 March 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  14. 11 December 2024 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  15. Plenary stage
  16. 6 February 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 6 February 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0057/2024📄 Report A9-0410/2023
    Adopted Adopted by a clear majority
    For 372 Against 220 Abstained 43

    Final vote at 12:58 · 59% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 11 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 11 ballots in voting order
    1. Rejection
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Amendment 54 to Article 6, paragraph 2, point a 12:56 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – Article 6, § 2, point a – Am 54D
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 2, point b
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    5. Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 2, point b
    6. Amendment 55 to Article 11, paragraph 1, point d 12:57 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – Article 11, § 1, point d – Am 55
    Rejected
    7. Amendment 56 to Article 14, paragraph 2 12:57 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – Article 14, § 2 – Am 56
    Rejected
    8. Amendment 57 to Article 15, paragraph 2 12:58 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – Article 15, § 2 – Am 57
    Rejected
    9. Amendment 51, adding text after recital 26 12:58 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – After recital 26 – Am 51
    Adopted
    10. Vote on text inserted after recital 26
    — no individual positions recorded
    11. Final vote 12:58 A9-0410/2023 – Petar Vitanov – Commission proposal
    Adopted
  17. 5 February 2024 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 5 February 2024 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0036/2023📄 Report A9-0410/2023
  18. Negotiations with the Council
  19. 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”).

  20. Plenary stage
  21. 7 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0410/2023
  22. Committee stage
  23. 29 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  24. 21 September 2023 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (TRAN)
  25. 4 September 2023 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  26. 17 April 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

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