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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

European Union designs (codification)

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 30 March 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 January 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 4 February 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 February 2026
  5. ✓ Negotiations with the Council
  6. ✓ Published as law 30 March 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
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
Magdalena ADAMOWICZ PPE

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 TA10-0032/2026 10 February 2026 ✦ Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation on European Union designs, which codifies existing texts without changing their substance.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0013/2026 4 February 2026 ✦ Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the codified regulation on European Union designs, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the legal services.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 13 January 2026 ✦ The draft report concerns a Commission proposal to codify EU law on designs. Parliament's position adopts the proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the adopted text adds the document reference and final act number. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. 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

  1. Outcome
  2. 30 March 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 11 March 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. 10 February 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 10 February 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0032/2026📄 Report A10-0013/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 613 Against 5 Abstained 29

    Final vote at 13:06 · 95% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 4 February 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0013/2026
  7. Committee stage
  8. 28 January 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  9. 13 January 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (JURI)
  10. 8 September 2025 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.