2025/2067(REG) Rules of Procedure First reading

Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

A change to Parliament’s own rules.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 17 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 31 March 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 May 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 May 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 June 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
AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur
Sven SIMON PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Loránt VINCZE PPEJuan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEPatryk JAKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS The LeftStanisław TYSZKA ESN

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 TA10-0121/2025 17 June 2025 ✦ Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authority representatives from whom they received input on the file.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0086/2025 15 May 2025 ✦ Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authorities from whom they received input, with Article 7(4) applying mutatis mutandis.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFCO) 24 March 2025 ✦ This draft report proposes amending Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries from whom they received input on the file.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation and spelling are updated. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →

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. 17 June 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 June 2025 📄 Report A10-0086/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0121/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 653 Against 0 Abstained 15

    Final vote at 13:48 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 12 June 2025 1 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendment 1
  4. 15 May 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0086/2025
  5. Committee stage
  6. 14 May 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 31 March 2025 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  8. 24 March 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AFCO)