Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects
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: Parliament adopted its position on 16 September 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way (last trilogue 19 May 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 December 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 18 December 2025
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 September 2026
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 19 May 2026
- 6 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. 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
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Rapporteurs
- Lucia YAR RenewHenrik DAHL PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Salvatore DE MEO PPEKristian VIGENIN S&DPierre-Romain THIONNET PfEMichał DWORCZYK ECRReinier VAN LANSCHOT Verts/ALEMarc BOTENGA The LeftIdoia MENDIA S&DKlara DOSTALOVA PfENikola MINCHEV RenewLuke Ming FLANAGAN The Left
- For opinion
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur MEP #257122 S&DITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
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 opinions: Opinion (ENVI)
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
- 16 September 2026 Plenary decision
- Plenary stage
- 16 September 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 540 Against 105 Abstained 22
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:11 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 15 September 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 8 September – 11 September 2026 65 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 24 June 2026 Committee approve provisional agreement
- Negotiations with the Council
- 19 May 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 23 March 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 26 January 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 21 January 2026 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (a "trilogue").
- Plenary stage
- 18 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 15 December 2025 Committee vote: report adopted
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 3 December 2025 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 28 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 8 September 2025 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.