Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures
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’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 6 October 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- ✓ Referred to committee 12 February 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 July 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 July 2026
- 4 Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 6 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
- Niels FUGLSANG S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Andrea WECHSLER PPEJana NAGYOVÁ PfEOndřej KRUTÍLEK ECRAnna STÜRGKH RenewMichael BLOSS Verts/ALERudi KENNES The Left
- For opinion
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Rasmus NORDQVIST Verts/ALE
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 opinions: Draft opinion (ENVI),Opinion (ENVI)
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
- 6 October 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 14 July 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 8 July 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
- 3 July 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 2 July 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 15 June 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 12 May – 27 May 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
- 16 April 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 12 February 2026 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.