Where the law stands, Dossier 2015/0012(NLE)
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration
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Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 September 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 4 December 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 18 December 2024
- Adopted by the Council(done) 19 June 2025
Decided in plenary
18 December 2024 · decision 3
Economy & single market, International agreement
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
Consent given 591 for · 7 against · 53 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The Convention increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes and lets civil society participate.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the explanatory statement is removed in the adopted text.
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.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Anna Cavazzini (Greens)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Mep #28219 (EPP), Lina Gálvez (S&D), Rihards Kols (ECR), João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Renew), Lynn Boylan (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 18 Dec 2024
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.
Tabled for plenary· 4 Dec 2024
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, which increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes.
Committee draft· 28 Oct 2024
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the EU concluding the UN Mauritius Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, which increases public access to documents and hearings in investor-state disputes.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
19 June 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
18 December 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 18 Dec 2024 Adopted text TA10-0069/2024Report A10-0021/2024
16 December 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 16 Dec 2024 Council / Commission text C10-0080/2024Report A10-0021/2024
4 December 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
3 December 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
28 October 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 September 2024
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2015/0012(NLE)