Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 22 Oct 2025
on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
To · adopted text· 13 Nov 2025
Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
AI:What changed, in short
Adds a recital on the Ocean Pact and adjusts the contribution amount to EUR 40 million.2 Adds a recital enabling member states to submit emergency measure proposals directly to the Secretariat.3 The other change is formal: removing the consultation of the Committee of the Regions.1
2 changes of substance · 1 formal · 0 of wording only
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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
Changes of substance · 2
Change 2 Substance
AI summary:Adds a recital referencing the Commission's Ocean Pact and changes the contribution amount from EUR40 to EUR 40 million.
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Changed:Recital 7 e (new): (7e) The communication of the Commission of 5 June 2025 entitled “The European Ocean Pact” sets out actions to ensure the swift ratification, transposition into Union law, and implementation of the BBNJ Agreement and the sustainable governance of the High Seas. It also envisages that the Union supports the implementation of the BBNJ agreement in developing countries through the EUR40EUR 40 million contribution to the Global Ocean Programme.
Change 3 Substance
AI summary:Adds a recital allowing member states to submit proposals for emergency measures directly to the Secretariat.
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Changed:Recital 15 a (new): (15a) In order to act without unnecessary delay and since that it is possible to adopt intersessionally an emergency measure, as it requires rapid response to prevent or mitigate serious or irreversible harm to marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, Member States should be able to submit proposals for an emergency measure directly to the Secretariat.
1 formal change: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Drops the consultation of the Committee of the Regions from the citation.
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Removed:– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,