Suspending the application of the rules on the appointment of an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste
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 9 February 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 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
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Rapporteur
- Ingeborg TER LAAK PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Delara BURKHARDT S&DAnne-Sophie FRIGOUT PfEPietro FIOCCHI ECRAna VASCONCELOS RenewJutta PAULUS Verts/ALEEmma FOURREAU The Left
- For opinion
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
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 opinions: Draft opinion (IMCO)
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 an overwhelming majorityFor 616 Against 9 Abstained 39
Final vote at 13:19 · 93% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 16 ballots in voting order
1. Amendments 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 13 (voted as one) 13:17 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively – Am 1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 13Adopted2. Amendments 15 + 17 (voted as one) to Article 1 13:17 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – Article 1 – Am 15D= 17D=Rejected3. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.5. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Amendment 21 to Article 1, after paragraph 2 13:18 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – Article 1, after § 2 – Am 21Rejected7. Amendment 22 to Article 2, after paragraph 1 13:18 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – Article 2, after § 1 – Am 22Rejected8. Separate vote on Article 2, after paragraph 1AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Amendment 14, adding text after Article 2 13:18 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – After Article 2 – Am 14Adopted10. Amendment 20, adding text after recital 1 13:19 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – After recital 1 – Am 20Rejected11. Amendment 18, adding text after recital 4 13:19 A10-0266/2026 – Ingeborg Ter Laak – After recital 4 – Am 18Rejected12. Vote on text inserted after recital 4AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded13. Separate vote on recital 7RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded14. Separate vote on recital 7AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted16. 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.
- 13 October – 14 October 2026 22 amendments 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
- 5 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 1 July 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.
- 22 May 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 9 February 2026 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.