Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241
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 February 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 13 July 2023
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 9 October 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 11 October 2023
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 27 February 2024
- ✓ Published as law 29 February 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
- BUDG — Budgets
- Rapporteurs
- MEP #96899 PPEChristian EHLER PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Matthias ECKE S&DJonás FERNÁNDEZ S&DMEP #197520 ECRBogdan RZOŃCA ECRValérie HAYER RenewMEP #197457 Verts/ALERasmus ANDRESEN Verts/ALEYounous OMARJEE The LeftMEP #96852 The Left
- For opinion
- AFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur Nathalie LOISEAU RenewAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS 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
Committee opinions: Opinion (EMPL),Opinion (REGI),Draft opinion (ECON),Opinion (ECON),Opinion (ENVI)
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 February 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 29 February 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 27 February 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 517 Against 59 Abstained 51
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:16 · 82% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 27 February 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 22 February 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 17 October 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”).
- Plenary stage
- 17 October 2023 Plenary vote
- 16 October 2023 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 11 October 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 9 October 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 2 October 2023 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 October 2023 ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 October 2023 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 September 2023 REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 September 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 19 September 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 6 September 2023 Draft opinion from ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 4 September 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 13 July 2023 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) give an opinion.