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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

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’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 10 September 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 6 October 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 April 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 April 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 10 September 2026
  6. 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0140/2026 29 April 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updates its structure, tasks, and financing. It strengthens independence, transparency, and conflict-of-interest rules, and expands scientific advice requests to the European Parliament and Member States.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0093/2026 16 April 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updates the Agency's tasks, governance, and financing. It strengthens the Agency's role in protecting health and the environment, including monitoring emerging risks and supporting non-animal approaches.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ENVI) 17 December 2025 ✦ The draft report amends the proposed regulation on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), reinforcing its core mission to protect human health and the environment, integrating new tasks from the One Substance One Assessment package, and strengthening governance and cooperation with other EU agencies.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The main change is a new recital enabling staff secondment to national authorities, expanding the Agency's operational flexibility. The other change is a wording clarification in Article 37, adjusting a cross-reference without altering substance. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands the Agency's tasks to include groups of substances, occupational health, and non-animal approaches, and adds provisions for scientific opinions from Parliament or member states. It establishes an Assembly of accredited stakeholders and a permanent cross-agency task force, replacing a Forum and adding detailed governance rules. It strengthens conflict-of-interest rules, independence requirements, and transparency for committees and the Management Board. It adds provisions on financial reserve, fees revision, and budget assessments, and requires the Commission to report on evaluation findings. The other changes are formal or wording: updated references, punctuation, and explanatory notes. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Opinion (BUDG)

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. Negotiations with the Council
  2. 10 September 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    📄 ENVI-AG-791999
  3. 29 June 2026 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  4. 29 April 2026 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  5. Plenary stage
  6. 29 April 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 29 April 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0140/2026📄 Report A10-0093/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 526 Against 56 Abstained 69

    Final vote at 14:28 · 81% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 2 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 2 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote 14:28 A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendments
    Adopted
    2. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committee
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
  7. 16 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0093/2026
  8. Committee stage
  9. 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.

  10. 17 March 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  11. 4 February 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)
  12. 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.

    📄 Draft report (ENVI)
  13. 6 October 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.