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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

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: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 3 November 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 December 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 18 December 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 24 June 2026
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 September 2026
  6. ✓ Published as law 3 November 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
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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0291/2026 16 September 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation sets common rules to speed up national permit-granting for defence readiness projects.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0271/2025 18 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on accelerating permit-granting for defence readiness projects. It sets a 50-working-day limit for permit decisions, allows limited extensions, and requires each member state to set up a single point of contact.

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

  1. Outcome
  2. 3 November 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 21 October 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 16 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 September 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0291/2026📄 Report A10-0271/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 540 Against 105 Abstained 22

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:11 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 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 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Proposal to reject the text 14:11 A10-0271/2025 – Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl – Proposal for rejection – Am 64
    Rejected
    2. Final vote on the provisional agreement 14:11 A10-0271/2025 – Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl – Provisional agreement – Am 65
    Adopted
  6. 15 September 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0120/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0121/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0122/2025📄 Report A10-0271/2025📄 Report A10-0273/2025📄 Report A10-0275/2025
  7. 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.

    📄 Amendments 1–63📄 Amendment 64📄 Amendment 65
  8. Negotiations with the Council
  9. 24 June 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    📄 CJ60-AG-790140
  10. 19 May 2026 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  11. 23 March 2026 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  12. 26 January 2026 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  13. 21 January 2026 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  14. Plenary stage
  15. 18 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0271/2025
  16. Committee stage
  17. 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.

  18. 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.

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  19. 28 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 CJ60-AM-778323
  20. 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.