Where the law stands, Dossier 2011/0102(NLE)
Air Transport Agreement and Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport Agreement, between the United States of America, the EU and its Member States, Iceland and Norway
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 30 November 2011
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 18 March 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 19 March 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
- Adopted by the Council(done) 22 May 2026
Decided in plenary
29 April 2026 · decision 7
Transport & tourism, International agreement
EU-USA-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, and EU-Iceland-Norway Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport Agreement
Consent given 631 for · 6 against · 10 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The agreement liberalises market access, capacity, pricing and routes between the EU and US aviation markets, and includes social and environmental provisions.
What changed
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.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The versions differ only in a formal point: the consent now refers to the agreements in the plural.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Transport and Tourism
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Johan Danielsson (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (EPP), Kosma Złotowski (ECR), Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew), Kai Tegethoff (Greens), Elena Kountoura (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Air Transport Agreement between the EU, its member states, the US, Iceland and Norway, and the Ancillary Agreement between the EU, Iceland and Norway on its application.
Tabled for plenary· 19 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Air Transport Agreement between the US, the EU, Iceland and Norway, and the Ancillary Agreement on its application.
Committee draft· 9 Feb 2026
AI summary:The Committee on Transport and Tourism recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Air Transport Agreement between the US, the EU, Iceland and Norway, and the Ancillary Agreement on its application.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
22 May 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
29 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0144/2026Report A10-0068/2026
19 March 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
18 March 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
9 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
30 November 2011
Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2011/0102(NLE)