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Competition policy – annual report 2023

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 16 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 15 June 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 4 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 18 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
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 adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Stéphanie YON-COURTIN Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO PPEMEP #125020 S&DMEP #197541 ECRMEP #204420 Verts/ALEMartin SCHIRDEWAN The Left
For opinion
IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Anna CAVAZZINI Verts/ALE

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 TA9-0011/2024 16 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution on competition policy – annual report 2023 sets out its position on State aid, merger control, antitrust enforcement, digital markets and taxation.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0427/2023 18 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's resolution on competition policy – annual report 2023 sets out its position on how EU competition rules should work. It calls for a competition framework that supports the single market, the green and digital transitions and the EU's strategic autonomy.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ECON) 20 September 2023 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on competition policy – annual report 2023. It sets out Parliament's position on competition enforcement, merger control, antitrust, the digital economy and state aid.

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. 16 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0427/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0011/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 481 Against 42 Abstained 93

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:16 · 78% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 14 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 14 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 2 to paragraph 6 12:13 Politique de concurrence – rapport annuel 2023 - Competition policy – annual report 2023 - Wettbewerbspolitik – Jahresbericht 2023 - A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - § 6 - Am 2
    Rejected
    2. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 7 12:14 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - Après le § 7 - Am 3
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 14 12:14 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - Après le § 14 - Am 4
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote on paragraph 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    5. Separate vote on paragraph 16
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    6. Separate vote on paragraph 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Separate vote on paragraph 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    8. Amendment 5 to paragraph 25 12:15 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - § 25 - Am 5
    Rejected
    9. Separate vote on paragraph 25
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    10. Separate vote on paragraph 45
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    11. Paragraph 50 — part 1 12:15 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - § 50/1
    Adopted
    12. Paragraph 50 — part 2 12:16 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - § 50/2
    Rejected
    13. Paragraph 50 — part 3 12:16 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - § 50/3
    Adopted
    14. Final vote — text as a whole 12:16 A9-0427/2023 - Stéphanie Yon-Courtin - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)
    Adopted
  3. 18 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0427/2023
  4. Committee stage
  5. 4 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 25 October 2023 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 IMCO-AL-750130
  7. 20 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ECON)
  8. 15 June 2023 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.