Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
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: CONT (Budgetary Control) is preparing the report (draft published 5 October 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
- 2 Committee work CONT (Budgetary Control) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council
- 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
- CONT — Budgetary Control
- Rapporteurs
- Jean-Marc GERMAIN S&DNiclas HERBST PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Monika HOHLMEIER PPEJana NAGYOVÁ PfEBogdan RZOŃCA ECRLucia YAR RenewRasmus NORDQVIST Verts/ALEThomas PELLERIN-CARLIN S&DJulien SANCHEZ PfEBert-Jan RUISSEN ECRGerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALEYounous OMARJEE The Left
- For opinion
- FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Lina GÁLVEZ S&DTRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Kai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALEREGI — Regional Development · rapporteur Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewDEVE — Development · rapporteur Niels GEUKING PPEECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs · rapporteur Janusz LEWANDOWSKI PPEPECH — Fisheries · rapporteur Isabelle LE CALLENNEC PPEITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Angelika WINZIG PPEAGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Maria NOICHL S&DENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Pierfrancesco MARAN S&DEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Estelle CEULEMANS S&D
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
Timeline
- Committee stage
- 5 October 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 17 September 2026 PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 September 2026 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 September 2026 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 1 September 2026 REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 1 September 2026 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 15 July 2026 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 14 July 2026 FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 14 July 2026 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 July 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 23 June 2026 ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 23 October 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), REGI (Regional Development), DEVE (Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), PECH (Fisheries), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.