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Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed

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 20 June 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 26 February 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 19 March 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 March 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 3 April 2025
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 22 May 2025
  6. ✓ Published as law 20 June 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
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur
Veronika VRECIONOVÁ ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Daniel BUDA PPEGheorghe CÂRCIU S&DGilles PENNELLE PfEElsi KATAINEN RenewThomas WAITZ Verts/ALELuke Ming FLANAGAN The LeftIvan DAVID 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 TA10-0110/2025 22 May 2025 ✦ Parliament's position on a decision amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC to grant equivalence to Moldova for fodder plant seed field inspections and production, and to Ukraine for beet and oil plant seed field inspections and production.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0043/2025 25 March 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision updates Council Decision 2003/17/EC to recognise field inspections and seed production in Moldova for fodder plants and in Ukraine for beet and oil plants as equivalent to EU standards.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AGRI) 20 December 2024 ✦ The draft report supports the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2003/17/EC, granting equivalence to field inspections and seed production in Moldova for fodder plants and in Ukraine for beet and oil plants.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the recitals and rapporteur's explanation are replaced by the adopted text reference and final act citation. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. 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. 20 June 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 17 June 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. 22 May 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 22 May 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0110/2025📄 Report A10-0043/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 374 Against 176 Abstained 36

    Final vote at 12:19 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 5 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 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 3 12:18 A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Rejet - Am 3
    Rejected
    2. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Amendment 4, adding text after recital 11 12:18 A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Après le considérant 11 - Am 4
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 5, adding text after recital 11 12:19 A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Après le considérant 11 - Am 5
    Rejected
    5. Final vote 12:19 A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Proposition de la Commission
    Adopted
  6. 14 May – 16 May 2025 6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–2📄 Amendment 3📄 Amendments 4–5📄 Amendment 6
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 3 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”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 3 April 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 3 April 2025 📄 Report A10-0043/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 411 Against 191 Abstained 13

    Decision to open negotiations with the Council at 13:10 · 67% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  11. 25 March 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0043/2025
  12. Committee stage
  13. 19 March 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  14. 10 February 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AGRI)
  15. 20 December 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AGRI)
  16. 26 February 2024 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.