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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden

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: ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) is preparing the report (draft published 16 June 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 February 2026
  2. 2 Committee work ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) 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
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteur
Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Thomas BAJADA S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEAnna ZALEWSKA ECRMichal WIEZIK RenewJutta PAULUS Verts/ALEMartin GÜNTHER The LeftAnja ARNDT ESN
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Christine SINGER RenewITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Jüri RATAS PPE

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 (ENVI) 16 June 2026 ✦ This draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to a proposed directive simplifying requirements in Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785. It eases extended producer responsibility reporting, environmental management system rules and permit conditions, and changes livestock rearing thresholds.

Committee opinions: Opinion (AGRI),Draft opinion (ITRE),Opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (AGRI)

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. 2 September 2026 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (AGRI)
  3. 20 July – 28 July 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)
  4. 14 July 2026 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (ITRE)
  5. 16 June 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ENVI)
  6. 9 February 2026 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.