Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/823 of 28 February 2024 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process
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 22 December 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 16 June 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 6 October 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 9 October 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 13 November 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council
- ✓ Published as law 22 December 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
- Kris VAN DIJCK ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Ilia LAZAROV PPEŞtefan MUŞOIU S&DPierre PIMPIE PfEĽubica KARVAŠOVÁ RenewMarkéta GREGOROVÁ Verts/ALEDanilo DELLA VALLE The LeftMarkus BUCHHEIT ESN
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report is replaced by the adopted text with updated references. 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
- Outcome
- 22 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 16 December 2025 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 13 November 2025 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 543 Against 72 Abstained 22
Final vote at 11:52 · 85% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 5 ballots in voting order
1. Amendment 3 to Article 1 11:51 A10-0188/2025 – Kris Van Dijck – Article 1 – § 1 – before point 1 – Am 3Rejected2. Amendment 2 to Article 1– paragraph 1 11:52 A10-0188/2025 – Kris Van Dijck – Article 1– § 1 – point 1– after point b – Am 2Rejected3. Amendment 4 to Article 1 11:52 A10-0188/2025 – Kris Van Dijck – Article 1 – § 1 – after point 4 – Am 4Rejected4. Amendment 1, adding text after recital 5 11:52 A10-0188/2025 – Kris Van Dijck – after recital 5 – Am 1RejectedAdopted - 4 November – 5 November 2025 4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 9 October 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 6 October 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 26 September 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
- 10 September 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 16 June 2025 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.