Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement
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.
- ✓ Referred to committee 10 July 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 December 2025
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 22 December 2025
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 24 June 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 September 2026
- ✓ 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
- Pekka TOVERI PPEAnna-Maja HENRIKSSON Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Yannis MANIATIS S&DJaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ PfEReinis POZŅAKS ECRLucia YAR RenewHannah NEUMANN Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The LeftKamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ PPEGeorgia TRAMACERE S&DKlara DOSTALOVA PfEStefano CAVEDAGNA ECRReinier VAN LANSCHOT Verts/ALELuke Ming FLANAGAN The Left
- For opinion
- ITRE — 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
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
- Outcome
- 3 November 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 21 October 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 16 September 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 549 Against 92 Abstained 27
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:11 · 82% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 7 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote on the provisional agreement 14:11 A10-0275/2025 – Pekka Toveri, Anna-Maja Henriksson – Provisional agreement – Am 69Adopted2. Amendment 70 Parliament and Council statementAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Final vote Text as a wholeNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.5. Amendment 69 to recital 1 — part 2Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter. - 15 September 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 9 September – 11 September 2026 72 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Committee stage
- 15 July 2026 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 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.
- 10 June 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 18 May 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 24 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 (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 22 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.
- 23 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 10 July 2025 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.