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Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on cooperation with and through the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Federal Police of Brazil

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 29 October 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 31 March 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 July 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 July 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 9 September 2025
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 29 October 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
Nikola BARTŮŠEK PfE
Shadow rapporteurs
Ana Miguel PEDRO PPEKristian VIGENIN S&DJadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA ECRRaquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewSaskia BRICMONT Verts/ALEGiuseppe ANTOCI 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 TA10-0169/2025 9 September 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Brazil on cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0142/2025 16 July 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the EU-Brazil agreement on cooperation with Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil, allowing personal and non-personal data transfers to fight crime and terrorism.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 12 June 2025 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the EU-Brazil agreement on cooperation with Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil, allowing personal and non-personal data transfers to fight crime and terrorism.

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: The versions differ only in wording: the capitalisation of "agreement" is changed in the explanatory statement. 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 October 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 9 September 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 9 September 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0169/2025📄 Report A10-0142/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 606 Against 5 Abstained 19

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 13:51 · 96% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 16 July 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0142/2025
  6. Committee stage
  7. 15 July 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 12 June 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)
  9. 31 March 2025 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.