Establishing the Ukraine Facility
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 5 October 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 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
- Michael GAHLER PPEMEP #96991 S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #112611 PPEMEP #197507 S&DBogdan RZOŃCA ECRMEP #197566 ECRMEP #209140 RenewPetras AUŠTREVIČIUS RenewMEP #197451 Verts/ALEDamian BOESELAGER Verts/ALEMEP #197817 The LeftMEP #28586 The Left
- For opinion
- INTA — International Trade ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS PPECONT — Budgetary Control · rapporteur Monika HOHLMEIER 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
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 536 Against 40 Abstained 39
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:15 · 87% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 3 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote on the provisional agreement 12:15 A9-0286/2023 – Michael Gahler, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial – Provisional agreement – Am 8Adopted2. Joint statement (Parliament and Council)AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Joint statement (Parliament, Council and Commission)AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 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.
- 10 October 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 October 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 19 September 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 4 September 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 July 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; INTA (International Trade), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), CONT (Budgetary Control) give an opinion.