European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
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 29 December 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 November 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 November 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Voted 13 November 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 24 June 2025
- ✓ Published as law 29 December 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 #124734 PPESérgio HUMBERTO PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197641 S&DSérgio GONÇALVES S&DVilis KRIŠTOPANS PfERoberts ZĪLE ECRJeannette BALJEU RenewMEP #190519 RenewJutta PAULUS Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The LeftMEP #136236 The Left
- For opinion
- BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Niclas HERBST PPECONT — Budgetary Control PECH — Fisheries · rapporteur MEP #125045 S&DENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
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
Committee opinions: Opinion (PECH),Opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (PECH)
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
- Outcome
- 29 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 26 November 2025 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 13 November 2025 Plenary vote
- 12 November 2025 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 7 November 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 November 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 23 October 2025 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), CONT (Budgetary Control), PECH (Fisheries), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.
- 21 October 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 24 June 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 20 May 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 19 November 2024 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- Plenary stage
- 12 March 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 570 Against 20 Abstained 14
Final vote at 13:41 · 94% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 11 March 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 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”).
- Plenary stage
- 8 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 29 November 2023 PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 7 November 2023 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 12 October 2023 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
- 19 September 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 10 July 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), CONT (Budgetary Control), PECH (Fisheries), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.