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EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 March 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 September 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 December 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 5 December 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 21 January 2025
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 13 March 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Karlo RESSLER PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Murielle LAURENT S&DSusanna CECCARDI PfEAlessandro CIRIANI ECRJan-Christoph OETJEN RenewAlice KUHNKE Verts/ALEIsabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ 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 TA10-0001/2025 21 January 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0027/2024 5 December 2024 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Serbia on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 19 November 2024 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the status agreement between the EU and Serbia on European Border and Coast Guard Agency operations in Serbia.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: 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 →

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. 13 March 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 21 January 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 21 January 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0001/2025📄 Report A10-0027/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 505 Against 90 Abstained 43

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 12:28 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 5 December 2024 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0027/2024
  6. Committee stage
  7. 3 December 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 19 November 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)
  9. 16 September 2024 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.