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Non-legislative procedure

Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the other part

A decision the Council takes on its own. Depending on the Treaty article, Parliament either gives its consent — accepting or rejecting the text without amending it — or is consulted and gives an opinion.

Where it stands: Parliament approved the text on 10 April 2024. The Council takes the final decision.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 March 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 March 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 22 March 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
  5. 5 Adopted by the Council
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
DEVE — Development
Rapporteur
Tomas TOBÉ PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #124771 IDMEP #197519 ECRMEP #131507 The LeftMEP #124739 S&DMEP #197505 RenewMEP #197459 Verts/ALE
For opinion
INTA — International Trade · rapporteur MEP #197868 RenewAFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur David MCALLISTER 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0206/2024 10 April 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0147/2024 22 March 2024 ✦ The Committee on Development recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (DEVE) 15 January 2024 ✦ The draft report concerns the Partnership Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), signed in Samoa on 15 November 2023. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (INTA),Opinion (INTA)

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. Plenary stage
  2. 10 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0206/2024📄 Report A9-0147/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 448 Against 31 Abstained 131

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 19:12 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 22 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0147/2024
  4. Committee stage
  5. 19 March 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    DEVE (Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 11 March 2024 Referred to the DEVE (Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; INTA (International Trade), AFET (Foreign Affairs) give an opinion.

  7. 7 March 2024 INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (INTA)
  8. 22 February 2024 Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 AFET-AL-758957
  9. 12 February 2024 Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (INTA)
  10. 15 January 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in DEVE (Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (DEVE)