2025/0129(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies

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 30 July 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 June 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 July 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 July 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 July 2025
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council
  6. ✓ Published as law 30 July 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
Rapporteur
MEP #257122 S&D
For opinion
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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

Tabled for plenary Report A10-0134/2025 3 July 2025⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0164/2025 10 July 2025

Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 30 July 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 18 July 2025 Signature
  4. 10 July 2025 Plenary decision
    📄 Adopted text TA10-0164/2025
  5. Plenary stage
  6. 10 July 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 July 2025 📄 Report A10-0134/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0164/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 542 Against 97 Abstained 12

    Final vote at 13:11 · 83% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 9 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 9 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 1 13:10 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – Recital 2 – Am 1
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote: recital 2 Recital 2
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 2 13:10 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 2
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 3 13:10 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 3
    Rejected
    5. Amendment 4 13:11 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 4
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote: recital 4 Recital 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    7. Separate vote: after recital 4 After recital 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    8. Separate vote: recital 6 Recital 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    9. Final vote 13:11 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – Commission proposal
    Adopted
  7. 8 July 2025 8 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–4📄 Amendments 5–8
  8. 3 July 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0134/2025
  9. Committee stage
  10. 3 July 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  11. 16 June 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) give an opinion.

  12. 12 June 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)