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Agreement between the European Union and Canada laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 June 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 March 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 6 May 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 May 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 20 May 2026
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 18 June 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteurs
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN RenewBorys BUDKA PPE

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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0180/2026 20 May 2026 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the EU–Canada Agreement setting conditions for Canadian entities and products to participate in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0144/2026 12 May 2026 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Canada setting conditions for Canadian entities and products to participate in procurement under the SAFE Instrument.

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

  1. Outcome
  2. 18 June 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 20 May 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 20 May 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0180/2026📄 Report A10-0144/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 466 Against 169 Abstained 14

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 13:24 · 72% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 12 May 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0144/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 6 May 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 17 April 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 CJ55-PR-786792
  9. 12 March 2026 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.