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Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Fisheries Policy, to the European Ocean Pact and of the Union’s maritime and aquaculture policy as part of the National and Regional Partnership Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP Fund] for the period from 2028 to 2034

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: In committee: PECH (Fisheries) is preparing the report (draft published 12 May 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
  2. 2 Committee work PECH (Fisheries) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council
  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
PECH — Fisheries
Rapporteur
Niclas HERBST PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES S&DAnna Maria CISINT PfEStephen Nikola BARTULICA ECRAsger CHRISTENSEN RenewIsabella LÖVIN Verts/ALELuke Ming FLANAGAN The LeftSiegbert Frank DROESE ESN
For opinion
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Pierfrancesco MARAN S&D

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 draft · latest Draft report (PECH) 12 May 2026 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed regulation on Union support for the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Ocean Pact and maritime and aquaculture policy under the National and Regional Partnership Fund for 2028 to 2034.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Opinion (ENVI),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. Committee stage
  2. 15 July 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  3. 6 July 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  4. 10 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of PECH (Fisheries) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (PECH)📄 Amendments in committee (PECH)
  5. 12 May 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in PECH (Fisheries). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (PECH)
  6. 23 October 2025 Referred to the PECH (Fisheries) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.