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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (Koordinaciona uprava)

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 23 September 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 December 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 9 April 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 9 April 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 23 April 2024
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council
  6. ✓ Published as law 23 September 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
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Matjaž NEMEC S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197771 PPEJadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA ECRMEP #239973 RenewTineke STRIK Verts/ALEMEP #197731 The Left

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 TA9-0305/2024 23 April 2024 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 to exempt holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate from visa requirements.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0172/2024 9 April 2024 ✦ Parliament's committee report takes over the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 so that holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 5 March 2024 ✦ This draft report concerns the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 so that holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the EU.

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. 23 September 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 18 September 2024 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. 23 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 23 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0305/2024📄 Report A9-0172/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 406 Against 97 Abstained 94

    Final vote at 13:55 · 68% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 9 April 2024 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0172/2024
  7. Committee stage
  8. 9 April 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  9. 5 March 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)
  10. 11 December 2023 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.