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Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 9 July 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 February 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 26 June 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 2 July 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 9 July 2025
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
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 adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur
Salvatore DE MEO PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Maria GUZENINA S&DVirginie JORON PfEGheorghe PIPEREA ECRAnna STÜRGKH RenewSaskia BRICMONT Verts/ALELeila CHAIBI The Left
For opinion
INTA — International Trade · rapporteur Brando BENIFEI 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

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are changed to European style and a regulation citation is updated. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds extensive new recitals and paragraphs on environmental, social, and trade aspects, and on vulnerable consumers. Expands enforcement and customs provisions, adding calls for more resources, digital tools, and international cooperation. Updates statistics on e-commerce imports and adds details on China as main source. Adds new sections on regulatory reforms, IT tools, and trade considerations with many new paragraphs. Other changes are formal: renumbering of paragraphs and recitals. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Opinion (INTA),Draft opinion (INTA)

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. Plenary stage
  2. Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 619 Against 26 Abstained 46

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:29 · 90% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 9 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 9 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 33 13:28 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – After § 33 – Am 1
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote on paragraph 38
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Paragraph 38 — part 2 13:28 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – § 38/2
    Adopted
    4. Paragraph 39 — part 1 13:28 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – § 39/1
    Adopted
    5. Separate vote on paragraph 39
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    6. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 39 13:29 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – After § 39 – Am 2
    Rejected
    7. Separate vote on paragraph 40
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    8. Paragraph 40 — part 2 13:29 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – § 40/2
    Adopted
    9. Final vote — text as a whole 13:29 A10-0133/2025 – Salvatore De Meo – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 7 July 2025 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

  4. 3 July 2025 2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

  5. 2 July 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

  6. Committee stage
  7. 26 June 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 15 May 2025 INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

  9. 9 April 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) proposed changes to the draft.

  10. 27 March 2025 Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

  11. 5 March 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

  12. 13 February 2025 Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; INTA (International Trade) gives an opinion.