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Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards the revision of the suspension mechanism

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 December 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 20 November 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 March 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 21 March 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 15 July 2025
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 October 2025
  6. ✓ Published as law 10 December 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. 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
Rapporteur
Matjaž NEMEC S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Ana Miguel PEDRO PPEPascale PIERA PfECharlie WEIMERS ECRMalik AZMANI RenewTineke STRIK Verts/ALEEstrella GALÁN The LeftMary KHAN 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0209/2025 7 October 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation revising the visa suspension mechanism, which corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2025/2441.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0035/2025 21 March 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens the visa suspension mechanism by broadening grounds for suspension, adjusting procedures, and reinforcing Commission monitoring and reporting.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 19 February 2024 ✦ The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal to revise the visa suspension mechanism, adding grounds for suspension related to the EU's external relations, including human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The revised text broadens grounds for suspending visa exemptions, adding external relations, human rights, hybrid threats, and investor citizenship schemes. It strengthens monitoring and reporting, requiring periodic reports and assessments of proportionality and consequences of suspensions. It introduces targeted suspensions for certain passport holders and new procedures for Annex I countries. It updates Article 7 to consider Member State measures and external relations impacts. The other changes are formal: updated recitals and cross-references. 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

  1. Outcome
  2. 10 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 26 November 2025 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. 7 October 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 7 October 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0209/2025📄 Report A10-0035/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 518 Against 96 Abstained 24

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:25 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 6 October 2025 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 6 October 2025 📄 Council / Commission text C9-0392/2023📄 Report A10-0035/2025
  7. 1 October – 3 October 2025 52 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–51📄 Amendment 52
  8. Negotiations with the Council
  9. 15 July 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    📄 LIBE-AG-775549
  10. 17 June 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  11. 20 May 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  12. 29 April 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  13. 7 April 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  14. 2 April 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  15. Plenary stage
  16. 21 March 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0035/2025
  17. Committee stage
  18. 19 March 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  19. 18 March 2024 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (LIBE)
  20. 19 February 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (LIBE)
  21. 20 November 2023 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.