Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
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 adopted its position on 20 October 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.
- ✓ Referred to committee 19 January 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 October 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 9 October 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 20 October 2026
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 20 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
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
- Rapporteur
- Mohammed CHAHIM S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ PPEAndrás GYÜRK PfEMariateresa VIVALDINI ECRBrigitte VAN DEN BERG RenewSara MATTHIEU Verts/ALEPer CLAUSEN The LeftMarcin SYPNIEWSKI ESN
- For opinion
- DEVE — Development · rapporteur Marit MAIJ S&DINTA — International Trade ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Jacek OZDOBA ECR
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 versions do not differ in substance: no requirement, permission, prohibition, scope or date changes. The other changes are formal and wording: the heading drops the procedure number and proposal title, three cross-references are updated, and a repeated phrase is removed. see the changes →
Tabled for plenary → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds a European Critical Raw Materials Centre with objectives, tasks, governance, contingency stocks, joint purchasing, financial support and an intelligence hub. It also allows cooperation with associated third countries on stockpiling and sets a Commission proposal on the Centre's seat by 31 December 2026. The explanatory statement is replaced with text on the Centre, its tasks, third-country cooperation, stakeholder participation and a referral back to committee. The other changes are formal or wording: a semicolon, a full stop and a singular 'price index'. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (ENVI),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
- Negotiations with the Council
- 20 October 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”).
- Plenary stage
- 20 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 470 Against 83 Abstained 108
Final vote at 13:12 · 71% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
Adopted2. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committeeAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 19 October 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 19 October 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 19 October 2026 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 9 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 8 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 9 July 2026 Sent back to committee
Parliament referred the text back to the committee to reconsider it instead of adopting it.
- Plenary stage
- 9 July 2026 Plenary voteAdopted AdoptedHow 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. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committee (Rule 204(2))AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Decision to open negotiations with the Council Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiationsNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 2 July 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 24 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 27 April 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 27 April 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
- 14 April 2026 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 20 March 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 19 January 2026 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development), INTA (International Trade), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.