Amending Council Directive 92/43/EEC as regards the protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)
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 24 June 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 31 March 2025
- ✓ Committee work
- ✓ Tabled for plenary
- ✓ Plenary vote Voted 8 May 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council
- ✓ Published as law 24 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
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
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
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
- 24 June 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 17 June 2025 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 8 May 2025 Plenary vote
- 6 May 2025 Plenary vote
- Committee stage
- 31 March 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.