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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 21 July 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 15 December 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 6 May 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 May 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 June 2026
- ✓ Adopted by the Council 21 July 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
- INTA — International Trade
- Rapporteur
- Karin KARLSBRO Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Lídia PEREIRA PPEJean-Marc GERMAIN S&DAnna BRYŁKA PfEEmmanouil FRAGKOS ECRAnna CAVAZZINI Verts/ALELynn BOYLAN The Left
- For opinion
- DEVE — Development · rapporteur Barry ANDREWS 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: 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 →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in formal points: the agreement title is updated to remove "and derived". see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (DEVE),Draft opinion (DEVE)
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
- Outcome
- 21 July 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 17 June 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 608 Against 38 Abstained 15
Final vote on the draft Council decision at 13:53 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 7 May 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 6 May 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 14 April 2026 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 25 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
- 25 February 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 15 December 2025 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development) gives an opinion.