2025/0055(NLE) Non-legislative procedure First reading

Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part

Parliament is asked to approve a decision — typically an international agreement — which it can accept or reject but not amend.

Where it stands: Parliament gave its consent on 10 September 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 June 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 July 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 July 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 September 2025
  5. 5 Published as law
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
INTA — International Trade
Rapporteur
Dariusz JOŃSKI PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Francisco ASSIS S&DBarry COWEN RenewRudi KENNES 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 TA10-0182/2025 10 September 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0141/2025 16 July 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, reinforcing the legal framework for trade and incorporating Vanuatu into joint rules and institutions.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (INTA) 3 June 2025 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to Vanuatu's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, which would incorporate Vanuatu into the agreement's rules and institutions.

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: 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 →

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. Plenary stage
  2. 10 September 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 September 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0182/2025📄 Report A10-0141/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 528 Against 89 Abstained 48

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 14:21 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 16 July 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0141/2025
  4. Committee stage
  5. 15 July 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 16 June 2025 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  7. 3 June 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (INTA)