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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European Union

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 5 June 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 31 March 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 April 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 April 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 8 May 2025
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council
  6. ✓ Published as law 5 June 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
INTA — International Trade
Rapporteur
Karin KARLSBRO Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Bernd LANGE S&DRihards KOLS ECRMarkéta GREGOROVÁ Verts/ALE

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 TA10-0103/2025 8 May 2025 ✦ Parliament's position on the proposal to suspend certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 on common rules for imports, as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the EU.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0059/2025 10 April 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation suspending parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 on imports of Ukrainian products. It sets a fixed application period from 6 June 2025 until 5 June 2028, removing the tacit renewal mechanism.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the final act reference and adoption details replace the original recital and article text. 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. 5 June 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 5 June 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 May 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 8 May 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0103/2025📄 Report A10-0059/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 354 Against 147 Abstained 53

    Final vote at 13:40 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 3 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 3 ballots in voting order
    1. Motion for adjournment of the vote (Rule 206(4))
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. 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
    3. Final vote 13:40 A10-0059/2025 - Karin Karlsbro - Proposition de la Commission
    Adopted
  6. 30 April 2025 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–3
  7. 10 April 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0059/2025
  8. Committee stage
  9. 8 April 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  10. 31 March 2025 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.