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Strengthening of the position of farmers in the 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 29 July 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 20 January 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 September 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 September 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 8 April 2026
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 June 2026
  6. ✓ Published as law 29 July 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
Céline IMART PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Cristina MAESTRE S&DCsaba DÖMÖTÖR PfEBert-Jan RUISSEN ECRBarry COWEN RenewAnna STROLENBERG Verts/ALELuke Ming FLANAGAN The LeftStanislav STOYANOV 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 TA10-0199/2026 16 June 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending three EU regulations.⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0214/2025 8 October 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by regulating terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending written contract requirements, and enhancing producer organisations' bargaining power.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0161/2025 12 September 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending rules on contracts, producer organisations, and market measures.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AGRI) 1 April 2025 ✦ The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation on strengthening farmers' position in the food supply chain, clarifying terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending negotiation rights to non-recognised producer organisations, and adjusting thresholds.

Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds vinegar to the product list and introduces new rules on public intervention pricing, marketing standards, and hemp import conditions. Changes crisis measures: replaces a proposal for voluntary production reduction with a new article on public procurement sourcing EU products, and adds a separate article on production reduction. Limits sustainability objectives in competition derogations to one point and changes delivery and payment timing in contracts. Removes a justification section from the report. The other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, typos, and rephrasing. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds requirements for prior consent of farmers for fair and short supply chain terms, and extends definitions to include cooperatives and producer organisations. Extends written contract obligations to all milk deliveries and adds mediation mechanisms, price transparency, and revision clauses. Adds new products (vinegar, sugar, meat) to scope and requires objective criteria for intervention prices and reference thresholds. Adds new recitals on challenges, producer organisations, European preference, and market measures, and modifies existing recitals accordingly. Adds a feasibility study for a Union label on short supply chain products and delegated acts to specify conditions. 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. 29 July 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 8 July 2026 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. 16 June 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 June 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0199/2026📄 Report A10-0161/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 560 Against 75 Abstained 25

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:36 · 85% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 10 June 2026 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendment 149
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 8 April 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  9. 5 March 2026 Trilogue meeting

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

  10. 10 December 2025 Trilogue meeting

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

  11. 12 November 2025 Trilogue meeting

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

  12. 14 October 2025 Trilogue meeting

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

  13. 8 October 2025 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  14. Plenary stage
  15. 8 October 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 8 October 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0214/2025📄 Report A10-0161/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 532 Against 78 Abstained 25

    Final vote at 13:52 · 84% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 45 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 45 ballots in voting order
    1. 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
    2. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – § 1 – before point 1; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 7 – paragraph 1
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 123 to Article 1 13:45 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – before point 1; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 75 – Am 123
    Adopted
    5. Amendment 148 to Article 1 13:45 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 88a – paragraph 1 – point b – Am 148
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 88a – paragraph 1 – point b
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Amendment 143 to Article 1 13:46 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 88 a – after paragraph 2 – Am 143
    Rejected
    8. Amendment 131 to Article 1 13:46 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – Am 131
    Rejected
    9. Separate vote on Article 1 13:46 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
    Adopted
    10. Amendment 132 to Article 1 13:46 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i – introductory part – Am 132
    Rejected
    11. Amendment 133 to Article 1 13:47 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i – second indent – Am 133
    Rejected
    12. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i – second indent
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    13. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 4 – point c – point iii
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    14. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 4 – point c – point iii
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    15. Amendment 135 to Article 1 13:47 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 5 – point a – Am 135
    Rejected
    16. Amendment 124 to Article 1 13:47 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 5 – point a – Am 124
    Rejected
    17. Amendment 144 to Article 1 13:47 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 5 – point a – Am 144
    Rejected
    18. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 5 – point a
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    19. Amendment 125 to Article 1 13:48 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – paragraph 6 – after point c – Am 125
    Rejected
    20. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 148 – after paragraph 6
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    21. Amendment 137 to Article 1 13:48 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – Am 137
    Rejected
    22. Separate vote on Article 1 13:48 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – original text
    Adopted
    23. Amendment 138 to Article 1 13:49 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i – introductory part – Am 138
    Rejected
    24. Amendment 139 to Article 1 13:49 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i – second indent – Am 139
    Rejected
    25. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 4 – point c –point i – second indent
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    26. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Article 168 – paragraph 4 – point c – point iii
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    27. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 4 – point c – point iii
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    28. Amendment 141 to Article 1 13:49 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 5 – point a – Am 141
    Rejected
    29. Amendment 145 to Article 1 13:50 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 5 – point a – Am 145
    Rejected
    30. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – paragraph 5 – point a
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    31. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Article 168 – after paragraph 6
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    32. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 168 – after paragraph 6
    — no individual positions recorded
    33. Amendment 147 to Article 1 13:50 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – after point 7; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Article 210b – Am 147
    Adopted
    34. Separate vote on Article 1 Article 1 – paragraph 1 – after point 8; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Annex VIII – part IIa
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    35. Amendment 113 to Article 1 13:51 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – after point 8; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; Annex VIII – part IIa – Am 113
    Adopted
    36. Amendment 121, adding text after recital 3 13:51 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – After recital 3 – Am 121
    Rejected
    37. Separate vote on recital 15
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    38. Separate vote on recital 15
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    39. Amendment 146 to recital 15 13:51 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Recital 15 – Am 146
    Rejected
    40. Separate vote on recital 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    41. Vote on text inserted after recital 16
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    42. Separate vote on recital 17
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    43. Separate vote on recital 17
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    44. Final vote 13:52 A10-0161/2025 – Céline Imart – Commission proposal
    Adopted
    45. Referral back to committee Request for referral back (Rule 60(4))
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
  16. 7 October 2025 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 7 October 2025 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0086/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0209/2024📄 Report A10-0161/2025📄 Report A10-0164/2025
  17. 1 October – 3 October 2025 149 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–120📄 Amendments 121–126📄 Amendments 127–129📄 Amendments 130–139📄 Amendments 140–145📄 Amendment 142📄 Amendment 146📄 Amendments 147–148
  18. 12 September 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0161/2025
  19. Committee stage
  20. 8 September 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  21. 13 May 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (AGRI)
  22. 1 April 2025 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)
  23. 20 January 2025 Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.