Amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828
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 December 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 27 November 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 December 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 December 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Rejected 16 December 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 25 September 2025
- ✓ Published as law 30 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
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Rapporteur
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZA S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Inese VAIDERE PPEMEP #4560 PPEMEP #256850 PfEAdam BIELAN ECRGheorghe PIPEREA ECRMEP #124708 RenewStéphanie YON-COURTIN RenewKatrin LANGENSIEPEN Verts/ALEHanna GEDIN The Left
- For opinion
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur MEP #124734 PPEJURI — Legal Affairs
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 (TRAN),Draft opinion (TRAN)
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 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 16 December 2025 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 16 December 2025 Plenary voteRejected Rejected by a large majorityFor 122 Against 470 Abstained 69
Amendment 1 at 13:06 · 18% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 10 December 2025 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 5 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 4 December 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 27 November 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 27 November 2025 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 25 September 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 26 June 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 19 May 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 20 February 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- Plenary stage
- 13 March 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 605 Against 7 Abstained 13
Final vote at 12:14 · 97% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 11 March 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 26 February 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 22 February 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 14 February 2024 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 29 January 2024 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 January 2024 Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 20 December 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 20 November 2023 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.