Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market
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 24 June 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 12 November 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 27 January 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 3 February 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 6 May 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 19 May 2026
- ✓ Published as law 24 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. 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
- INTA — International Trade
- Rapporteur
- Karin KARLSBRO Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Martine KEMP PPEBrando BENIFEI S&DThierry MARIANI PfEDaniele POLATO ECRMajdouline SBAI Verts/ALEMartin SCHIRDEWAN The Left
- For opinion
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Sofie ERIKSSON 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.
The text, version by version
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The changes tighten the regulation: they remove exemptions for certain countries, ban steel from Russia and Belarus, and require verifiable mill certificates. They also extend the scope to downstream products and add reviews of competitiveness, decarbonisation, and third-country trade measures. The review schedule is delayed to 2028 and made less frequent, while new reporting and consultation duties are added. The other changes are formal or wording: recitals are reordered, and the explanatory statement is rephrased. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (ITRE)
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
- 24 June 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 17 June 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 19 May 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 606 Against 16 Abstained 39
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:20 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote on the provisional agreement 14:20 A10-0012/2026 – Karin Karlsbro – Provisional agreement – Am 60Adopted2. Joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the CommissionAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 18 May 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 11 May – 13 May 2026 61 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 6 May 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 11 February 2026 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 3 February 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 27 January 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 5 December – 10 December 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
- 3 December 2025 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 24 November 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 12 November 2025 Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.