Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
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 26 February 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 16 June 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 December 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 December 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 February 2026
- ✓ Published as law 26 February 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
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Alessandro CIRIANI ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Tomas TOBÉ PPECecilia STRADA S&DSusanna CECCARDI PfEFabienne KELLER RenewErik MARQUARDT Verts/ALEDamien CARÊME The LeftMilan UHRÍK ESN
- For opinion
- AFET — Foreign Affairs · rapporteur Marco TARQUINIO S&D
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
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Introduces a suspension mechanism for safe country designations via delegated acts, with partial suspension and reinstatement procedures. Changes the armed conflict exception: removes the geographical limitation and adds that temporary protection activation establishes the threat. Removes the list of specific countries from recital 16 and adds a provision for earlier application of accelerated procedures. Adds a requirement for the Commission to maintain a registry of restrictive measures and clarifies the role of recognition rates. Other changes are formal or wording: rephrasing, grammatical fixes, and deletion of duplicates. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (AFET),Draft opinion (AFET)
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
- 26 February 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 24 February 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 10 February 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 408 Against 184 Abstained 60
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 12:57 · 63% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Proposal to reject the text Proposal for rejectionRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 12:57 A10-0259/2025 – Alessandro Ciriani – Provisional agreement – Am 31Adopted - 3 February – 6 February 2026 32 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 27 January 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 17 December 2025 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 17 December 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 17 December 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a clear majorityFor 396 Against 202 Abstained 56
Decision to open negotiations with the Council at 12:23 · 61% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 10 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 3 December 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 20 November 2025 AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 26 September 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.
- 11 September 2025 Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 16 June 2025 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs) gives an opinion.