Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 4 April 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 16 December 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 20 February 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 24 February 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 March 2025
- ✓ Adopted by the Council 4 April 2025
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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- INTA — International Trade
- Rapporteur
- Željana ZOVKO PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ S&DKris VAN DIJCK ECRKarin KARLSBRO RenewVicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ Verts/ALE
- For opinion
- AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in formal points: the explanatory statement includes a letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. see the changes →
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
- 4 April 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 12 March 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 525 Against 5 Abstained 34
Final vote on the draft Council decision at 12:03 · 93% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 24 February 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 20 February 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 16 December 2024 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.
- 13 December 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 5 December 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.