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Non-legislative procedure

United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 May 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 18 December 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 24 February 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 10 March 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 26 March 2026
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 18 May 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
Ton DIEPEVEEN PfE
Shadow rapporteurs
Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER PPEKrzysztof ŚMISZEK S&DTobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRDainius ŽALIMAS Renew

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 TA10-0099/2026 26 March 2026 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0049/2026 10 March 2026 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the Council decision concluding the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonizes the international effects of court-ordered ship sales.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 14 January 2026 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonizes the international effects of court-ordered ship sales.

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation and terminology are adjusted. 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. 18 May 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 26 March 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 26 March 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0099/2026📄 Report A10-0049/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 605 Against 3 Abstained 9

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 11:38 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 10 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0049/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 24 February 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 14 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)
  9. 18 December 2025 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.