Amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as regards the extension of certain data protection periods
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 26 May 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 February 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 15 April 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 28 April 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council
- ✓ Published as law 26 May 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
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Rapporteur
- Pierfrancesco MARAN S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197422 PPEOndřej KNOTEK PfEAlexandr VONDRA ECRGerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewTilly METZ Verts/ALE
- For opinion
- IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
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 differ only in formal points: the adopted text adds the final act reference and regulation number. 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
- 26 May 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 20 May 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 28 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 591 Against 54 Abstained 8
Final vote at 14:01 · 91% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 16 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 15 April 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 18 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.
- 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) gives an opinion.