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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 14 November 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 19 October 2023
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 11 January 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 January 2024
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 24 April 2024
- ✓ Published as law 14 November 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
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
- Rapporteur
- MEP #197766 Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- David CASA PPEMEP #237224 S&DKatrin LANGENSIEPEN Verts/ALEMEP #197544 ECRMEP #197611 IDMEP #88715 The Left
- For opinion
- FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT PPEIMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Anna CAVAZZINI Verts/ALEPETI — Petitions · rapporteur Dolors MONTSERRAT 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 (FEMM),Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (TRAN),Draft opinion (FEMM)
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
- 14 November 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 23 October 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 24 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 613 Against 7 Abstained 11
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:56 · 97% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 23 April 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 19 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 17 January 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
- 12 January 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 11 January 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 7 December 2023 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 4 December 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 30 November 2023 FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 29 November 2023 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 23 November 2023 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 20 November 2023 Draft opinion from FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 9 November 2023 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 8 November 2023 Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 30 October 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 19 October 2023 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), PETI (Petitions) give an opinion.