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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption

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 24 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 May 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 29 November 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 4 December 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 24 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. 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
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteur
Alexander BERNHUBER PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197582 IDGünther SIDL S&DAlexandr VONDRA ECRPascal CANFIN RenewManuela RIPA Verts/ALEAnja HAZEKAMP The Left
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Emmanouil FRAGKOS ECRIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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 TA9-0193/2024 10 April 2024 ✦ Parliament's position at first reading on a proposal to amend four Council Directives on honey, fruit juices, fruit jams and preserved milk. It adopts the agreed text, which corresponds to Directive (EU) 2024/1438.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0445/2023 12 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive amending the Breakfast Directives on honey, fruit juices, jams and preserved milk. It requires honey origin labelling with percentages, bans ultrafiltered honey and vacuum evaporation, and creates a 'reduced-sugar fruit juice' category.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0385/2023 4 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to revise the 'breakfast directives' on honey, fruit juices, jams and preserved milk. It requires honey origin labelling with percentages in descending order, a honey traceability system, and a ban on ultrafiltered honey and vacuum evaporation.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ENVI) 25 August 2023 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal to amend the 'breakfast directives' on honey, fruit juices, jams and preserved milk. It proposes amendments to honey origin labelling, sugar-reduced juice claims, minimum fruit content in jams and jellies, and shorter transposition deadlines.

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

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. 24 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 14 May 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. 10 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0193/2024📄 Report A9-0385/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 603 Against 9 Abstained 10

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:42 · 97% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 14 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 ENVI-AG-759007
  8. 12 December 2023 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 12 December 2023 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 12 December 2023 📄 Adopted text TA9-0445/2023📄 Council / Commission text C9-0140/2023📄 Report A9-0385/2023
  11. 11 December 2023 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 11 December 2023 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0140/2023📄 Report A9-0385/2023
  12. 4 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0385/2023
  13. Committee stage
  14. 29 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  15. 16 November 2023 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (AGRI)
  16. 29 August 2023 Draft opinion from AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (AGRI)
  17. 25 August 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ENVI)
  18. 8 May 2023 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) give an opinion.