Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA
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 30 June 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 11 September 2023
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 March 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 March 2024
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 25 February 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 21 May 2026
- ✓ Published as law 30 June 2026
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
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteurs
- Javier ZARZALEJOS PPELucia YAR Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Alessandro ZAN S&DAnna Maria CISINT PfEAssita KANKO ECRLucia YAR RenewDiana RIBA I GINER Verts/ALEKonstantinos ARVANITIS The LeftRosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT PPEMaria NOICHL S&DMargarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN PfELaurence TROCHU ECRMélissa CAMARA Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
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
- 30 June 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 17 June 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 21 May 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 440 Against 49 Abstained 84
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:38 · 77% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 20 May 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 12 May – 13 May 2026 136 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 25 February 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 10 December 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 25 June 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 9 April 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 5 February 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 2 December 2024 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 11 April 2024 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
- 25 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 14 March 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 13 November 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 11 September 2023 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.