European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021
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 29 April 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way (last trilogue 29 June 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 6 October 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 April 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 29 June 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
- Rapporteur
- Christophe CLERGEAU S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Dennis RADTKE PPEOndřej KNOTEK PfEPietro FIOCCHI ECRMartin HOJSÍK RenewMajdouline SBAI Verts/ALEPer CLAUSEN The LeftVolker SCHNURRBUSCH ESN
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
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Opinion (BUDG)
Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.
Timeline
- Negotiations with the Council
- 29 June 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 29 April 2026 Plenary refer committee interinstitutional negotiations
- 29 April 2026 Plenary decision
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 526 Against 56 Abstained 69
Final vote at 14:28 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote 14:28 A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendmentsAdopted2. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committeeAdoptedshow of hands — no individual positions recorded - 16 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 15 April 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 17 March 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 4 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 December 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 6 October 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.