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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Amending Council Directive 98/58/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements, and repealing Council Directives 82/711/EEC and 85/572/EEC

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 19 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
Rapporteurs
Michele PICARO ECRHerbert DORFMANN PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Jessica POLFJÄRD PPEBiljana BORZAN S&DAnne-Sophie FRIGOUT PfETilly METZ Verts/ALEAnja HAZEKAMP The LeftIvan DAVID ESNGheorghe CÂRCIU S&DMireia BORRÁS PABÓN PfECarlo FIDANZA ECRBenoit CASSART RenewAnna STROLENBERG 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.

Timeline

  1. Committee stage
  2. 20 July 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 CJ14-AM-790943
  3. 19 June 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 CJ14-PR-789112
  4. 9 February 2026 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.