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Laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents

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 15 January 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 1 June 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 8 December 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 15 January 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
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Lina GÁLVEZ S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Angelika NIEBLER PPEMEP #96713 ECRBart GROOTHUIS RenewVille NIINISTÖ Verts/ALE
For opinion
TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Gheorghe FALCĂ PPEIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection AFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur MEP #197665 RenewBUDG — Budgets CONT — Budgetary Control LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home 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 TA9-0355/2024 24 April 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a regulation to strengthen EU solidarity and capacities to detect, prepare for and respond to cyber threats and incidents, amending Regulation (EU) 2021/694.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0426/2023 8 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on EU cybersecurity solidarity measures. It sets up a European Cyber Shield of national and cross-border Security Operations Centres, a Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism with an EU Cybersecurity Reserve, and an incident review mechanism.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ITRE) 4 September 2023 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed regulation on EU measures to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (AFET),Opinion (TRAN),Draft opinion (AFET)

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. 15 January 2025 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. 24 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 24 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0355/2024📄 Report A9-0426/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 470 Against 23 Abstained 86

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:41 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 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 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote on the provisional agreement 18:41 A9-0426/2023 - Lina Gálvez Muñoz - Accord provisoire - Am 2
    Adopted
    2. Commission statement
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 20 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 ITRE-AG-760882
  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. 8 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0426/2023
  11. Committee stage
  12. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  13. 25 October 2023 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (TRAN)
  14. 24 October 2023 AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (AFET)
  15. 4 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ITRE)
  16. 24 July 2023 Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (TRAN)
  17. 17 July 2023 Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (AFET)
  18. 1 June 2023 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets), CONT (Budgetary Control), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.