2025/0111(NLE) Non-legislative procedure First reading

Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws

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 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 25 March 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 July 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 July 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 September 2026
  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
ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Eero HEINÄLUOMA S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Regina DOHERTY PPEJaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ PfERoberts ZĪLE ECRBilly KELLEHER RenewJussi SARAMO 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 TA10-0297/2026 16 September 2026 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0203/2026 15 July 2026 ✦ Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ECON) 9 June 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on the draft Council decision to conclude an EU-UK agreement on cooperation in applying their competition laws.

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. 16 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 September 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0297/2026📄 Report A10-0203/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 640 Against 5 Abstained 26

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 14:18 · 95% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. Committee stage
  4. 15 July 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  5. Plenary stage
  6. 15 July 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0203/2026
  7. Committee stage
  8. 9 June 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ECON)
  9. 25 March 2026 Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.