Framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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: Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 20 October 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- ✓ Referred to committee 19 January 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 June 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 24 June 2026
- 4 Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 20 October 2026
- 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
- SEDE — Security and Defence
- Rapporteurs
- Michał SZCZERBA PPERoberts ZĪLE ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Elio DI RUPO S&DJaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ PfEAlexandr VONDRA ECRPetras AUŠTREVIČIUS RenewMārtiņš STAĶIS Verts/ALEÖzlem DEMIREL The LeftDariusz JOŃSKI PPEFrançois KALFON S&DValérie DEVAUX RenewVirginijus SINKEVIČIUS Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The LeftStanislav STOYANOV ESN
- 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
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
- Negotiations with the Council
- 20 October 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 16 July 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 8 July 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
- 24 June 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 23 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
SEDE (Security and Defence) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 10 April 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (4 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 March 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 19 January 2026 Referred to the SEDE (Security and Defence) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.