Skip to content
Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System

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 July 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 20 January 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 April 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 29 April 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 4 June 2025
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 8 July 2025
  6. ✓ Published as law 23 July 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
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Assita KANKO ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE PPEFrancisco ASSIS S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEJan-Christoph OETJEN RenewErik MARQUARDT Verts/ALEÖzlem DEMIREL 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 TA10-0141/2025 8 July 2025 ✦ Parliament's position on a regulation allowing a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 to enable a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0082/2025 29 April 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation sets rules for a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System (EES), derogating temporarily from the EES Regulation and the Schengen Borders Code.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 4 March 2025 ✦ The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation on a temporary derogation to allow a progressive start of the Entry/Exit System (EES). It sets phased thresholds for use and biometrics, adjusts percentages, and clarifies reporting and suspension rules.

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version restructures the text into a full regulation with recitals and articles, adding detailed rules for the progressive start. It extends the possibility to suspend biometric registration for 60 days after the progressive start and adds carrier verification duties. It makes biometric functionalities optional initially and sets thresholds for their gradual deployment. It adds provisions on data incompleteness, requiring authorities to disregard certain automated results and avoid adverse decisions based solely on missing records. The other changes are formal: the text is reorganized and includes standard recitals on legal basis and territorial application. 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. 23 July 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 18 July 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. 8 July 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 8 July 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0141/2025📄 Report A10-0082/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 572 Against 42 Abstained 67

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:36 · 84% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 2 July 2025 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendment 1📄 Amendment 2
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 4 June 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  9. 12 May 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  10. 7 May 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  11. Plenary stage
  12. 29 April 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0082/2025
  13. Committee stage
  14. 23 April 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  15. 28 March 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (LIBE)
  16. 4 March 2025 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)
  17. 20 January 2025 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.