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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Directive 1999/62/EC as regards the extension of the period during which heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions can benefit from a significant reduction or exemption from infrastructure charges or user fees

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 4 December 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Voted 7 October 2025
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council
  6. ✓ Published as law 4 December 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
TRAN — Transport and Tourism

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 TA10-0211/2025 7 October 2025 ✦ Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposal to amend Directive 1999/62/EC so that zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles can keep benefiting from significantly reduced infrastructure or user charges, or from exemptions, for longer.

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. 4 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 26 November 2025 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. 7 October 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 7 October 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0211/2025
  6. 9 September 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 9 September 2025
  7. Committee stage
  8. 8 September 2025 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.