Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry
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 10 July 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 December 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 19 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
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Rapporteurs
- Sven MIKSER S&DPierfrancesco MARAN S&DAura SALLA PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Matej TONIN PPEPetra STEGER PfEMarjan ŠAREC RenewMārtiņš STAĶIS Verts/ALEMarc BOTENGA The LeftRadan KANEV PPEJana NAGYOVÁ PfEAlexandr VONDRA ECRStine BOSSE RenewKai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALELynn BOYLAN The LeftEero HEINÄLUOMA S&DAleksandar NIKOLIC PfEAnna ZALEWSKA ECRIvars IJABS RenewVirginijus SINKEVIČIUS Verts/ALEJussi SARAMO The LeftMarcin SYPNIEWSKI ESN
- For opinion
- 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The new version broadens national defence exemptions in chemicals rules and drops detailed provisions on dual-use production lines, temporary repurposing, review and guidelines. It adds European Defence Fund provisions on multiannual work programmes, disruptive technologies, SME actions, indirect management, testing in Ukraine, access rights and call-by-call award criteria. It raises the maximum additional funding rate for activities allocated to SMEs from 5 to 10 percentage points and drops simplified reporting requirements for SMEs. It changes the provision on transfers and export policy to refer to endeavouring to use all tools at Member States' disposal and avoiding disproportionate administrative requirements. The other changes are formal or wording: updated headings, citations, cross-references, footnotes and rephrased provisions. 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
- 16 September 2026 Plenary decision
- Plenary stage
- 16 September 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 530 Against 125 Abstained 12
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:12 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
- 15 September 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 8 September – 11 September 2026 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 25 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.
- 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
- 19 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
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 29 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 10 July 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.