Empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
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 approved the text agreed with the Council on 7 October 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 15 December 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 April 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 April 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 10 September 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 October 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
- Rapporteurs
- Pierfrancesco MARAN S&DMélissa CAMARA Verts/ALE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Martine KEMP PPEValérie DELOGE PfENora JUNCO GARCÍA ECRPascal CANFIN RenewMarie TOUSSAINT Verts/ALEMEP #256961 The LeftIsabelle LE CALLENNEC PPEAndré FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES S&DSéverine WERBROUCK PfEStéphanie YON-COURTIN 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: The adopted text empowers France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles. It requires France to inform Parliament, the Council and the Commission of its accession, consult the Commission and relevant stakeholders on positions under the Convention, and make its annual report available to all three institutions. It adds recitals on the request for empowerment, exclusive Union competence, the territorial scope regarding French overseas countries and territories, and illegal fishing affecting French outermost regions. 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
- Plenary stage
- 7 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 658 Against 2 Abstained 4
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:10 · 99% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 30 September – 2 October 2026 6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 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.
- 29 June 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 29 April 2026 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 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.
- 5 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 15 December 2025 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.