Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
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 10 June 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 30 April 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 May 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 6 May 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Voted 19 May 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026
- ✓ Published as law 10 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
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism
- Rapporteur
- Tilly METZ Verts/ALE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Gheorghe FALCĂ PPEMEP #33982 PPEMEP #23768 S&DJohan DANIELSSON S&DMEP #118949 PfEMEP #96885 RenewOndřej KRUTÍLEK ECRMEP #204733 ECRValérie DEVAUX RenewArash SAEIDI The LeftMEP #35016 ID
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
- 10 June 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 20 May 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 19 May 2026 Plenary vote
No single decisive ballot recorded
How the vote unfolded · 2 ballotsadopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 4, point aRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on recital 1RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 11 May 2026 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 6 May 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 May 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 30 April 2026 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
- 28 April 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 27 January 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 18 November 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 10 June 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 3 March 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 19 November 2024 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- Plenary stage
- 12 March 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 565 Against 14 Abstained 37
Final vote at 13:27 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 5 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 4 March 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 7 December 2023 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
- 28 November 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 2 October 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.