Empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries
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: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 17 July 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 27 January 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 June 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 June 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 July 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council
- ✓ Published as law 17 July 2026
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
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism
- Rapporteur
- Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Andreas SCHIEDER S&DRoman HAIDER PfEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRBenoit CASSART RenewLena SCHILLING Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA The Left
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 sets out the full legal basis and conditions for Austria's empowerment, specifying the border regions and requiring no discrimination or distortion of competition. The other changes are formal: the title, citations, and structure are updated to reflect the final legislative act. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds a recital detailing Austria's request for empowerment to authorise cabotage operations in border 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
- Outcome
- 17 July 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 14 July 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 7 July 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 654 Against 4 Abstained 1
Final vote at 13:35 · 99% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 2 July 2026 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 15 June 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 3 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 6 May 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
- 5 May 2026 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 13 April 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 27 January 2026 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.