Cooperation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain
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 March 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 20 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 July 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 30 July 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 12 November 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 February 2026
- ✓ Published as law 20 March 2026
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
- Stefano BONACCINI S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL PPEValérie DELOGE PfEWaldemar BUDA ECRValérie HAYER RenewMartin HÄUSLING Verts/ALELuke Ming FLANAGAN The Left
- For opinion
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Adnan DIBRANI S&D
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
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The regulation now covers unfair trading practices involving parties outside the Union, requiring buyers to designate an EU Responsible Person and allowing fines against them. Cooperation mechanisms are expanded with new rules on urgent requests, refusal grounds, mediation, and cost recovery, and the deadline for information requests is extended to 45 days. The alert system is strengthened with mandatory 30-day notifications, detailed information requirements, and third-country participation safeguards. Reporting and evaluation obligations are added, including a first evaluation by 1 November 2025 and annual reports with specific details. The other changes are formal or wording: updated references, rephrased sentences, and structural adjustments. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (IMCO),Opinion (IMCO)
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
- 20 March 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 11 March 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 12 February 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 555 Against 0 Abstained 26
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:19 · 96% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 12 February 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 3 February – 6 February 2026 85 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 12 November 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 16 October 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 11 September 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 11 September 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted
- 30 July 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 15 July 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 26 June 2025 IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 May 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
- 28 April 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 20 March 2025 Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 20 January 2025 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.