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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector

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 6 December 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 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 4 March 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 6 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
MEP #190519 Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ PPECarlo FIDANZA ECRMEP #197756 S&DMEP #96868 Verts/ALEMEP #197731 The Left
For opinion
PECH — Fisheries · rapporteur Niclas HERBST PPE

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 TA9-0200/2024 10 April 2024 ✦ Parliament's position at first reading on a directive amending Directive 2009/18/EC on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector, and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1286/2011.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0422/2023 8 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Directive 2009/18/EC on maritime accident investigation. It adds a preliminary assessment for very serious casualties involving fishing vessels under 15 metres, shortens investigation deadlines, and requires reports within 12 months.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 18 September 2023 ✦ This draft report by the Committee on Transport and Tourism sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed directive amending Directive 2009/18/EC on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector.

Committee opinions: Opinion (PECH),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

  1. Outcome
  2. 6 December 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 27 November 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 TA9-0200/2024📄 Report A9-0422/2023
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 613 Against 3 Abstained 7

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:44 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 4 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 TRAN-AG-759742
  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 A9-0422/2023
  11. Committee stage
  12. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  13. 29 November 2023 PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (PECH)
  14. 19 September 2023 Draft opinion from PECH (Fisheries)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (PECH)
  15. 18 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)
  16. 12 June 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries) gives an opinion.