Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production
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 December 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 25 November 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 December 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 4 December 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 December 2024
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council
- ✓ Published as law 23 December 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
- AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development
- Rapporteur
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Elsi KATAINEN Renew
- For opinion
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report is replaced by the final act as adopted, including the full legislative text and references. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version contains the complete final text of the Decision, including the extension of equivalence to the 'tested' category and the application date of 1 January 2025. The other changes are formal: the recital is replaced by the enacted text with standard provisions. 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
- Outcome
- 23 December 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 19 December 2024 Signature
- 17 December 2024 Plenary decision
- Plenary stage
- 17 December 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 499 Against 131 Abstained 27
Final vote at 12:58 · 76% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 3 ballots in voting order
1. RejectionRejectedshow of hands — no individual positions recorded2. Final vote Text as a wholeAdoptedshow of hands — no individual positions recorded3. Final vote 12:58 A10-0022/2024 – Veronika Vrecionová – Commission proposalAdopted - 11 December – 13 December 2024 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 4 December 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 3 December 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 26 November 2024 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
- 25 November 2024 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.
- 22 November 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.