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Non-legislative procedure

Authorising Member States to accept, in the interests of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 27 April 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 June 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 8 June 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 June 2026
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 21 July 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
Ilhan KYUCHYUK Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Caterina CHINNICI PPEJosé CEPEDA S&DTobiasz BOCHEŃSKI ECRTineke STRIK Verts/ALE

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 TA10-0214/2026 17 June 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the authorisation of member states to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0157/2026 8 June 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the authorisation of Member States to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of the International Child Abduction.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (JURI) 14 April 2026 ✦ The draft report concerns a Council decision authorising Member States to accept Cabo Verde's accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Parliament approves the proposal without amendments.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: 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 →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in formal points: a typo is corrected. 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. Outcome
  2. 21 July 2026 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 17 June 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 June 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0214/2026📄 Report A10-0157/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 659 Against 1 Abstained 1

    Final vote at 14:03 · 100% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 8 June 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0157/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 3 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 27 April 2026 Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  9. 14 April 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (JURI)