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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Decision (EU) 2017/1324 as regards the continuation of the Union’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) under Horizon Europe

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 19 April 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 September 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 November 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 29 November 2023
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 27 February 2024
  6. ✓ Published as law 19 April 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
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Paolo BORCHIA ID
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #96867 PPELina GÁLVEZ S&DMEP #221463 ECRMEP #197419 RenewMEP #185974 Verts/ALEMEP #197754 The Left
For opinion
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety AFET — Foreign Affairs DEVE — Development BUDG — Budgets 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

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 19 April 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 11 April 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. Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 575 Against 29 Abstained 17

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:31 · 93% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 26 February 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 23 January 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  9. 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”).

  10. Plenary stage
  11. 29 November 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

  12. Committee stage
  13. 28 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  14. 20 September 2023 Draft report published

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

  15. 11 September 2023 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), AFET (Foreign Affairs), DEVE (Development), BUDG (Budgets), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.