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Where the law stands, Dossier 2020/0277(COD)

Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum

· First reading

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands

Published as law

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 11 November 2020
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 28 March 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 5 April 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. Published as law(done) 22 May 2024

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D)
Silvia Sardone (ID), Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (EPP), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (ECR), Malik Azmani (Renew), Damian Boeselager (Greens), Konstantinos Arvanitis (GUE-NGL)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Budgets
  • Foreign Affairs

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 10 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0178/2024

    What changed since Report A9-0127/2023 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 5 Apr 2023

    Report A9-0127/2023

    What changed since Draft report (LIBE) →

  3. Committee draft· 23 Nov 2021

    Draft report (LIBE)

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 22 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 14 May 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Committee stage 1 step
  1. 11 April 2024

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-759947

Plenary stage 2 steps
  1. 10 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0178/2024Report A9-0127/2023

  2. 10 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C8-0179/2016Council / Commission text C8-0321/2016Council / Commission text C8-0323/2016Council / Commission text C8-0324/2016Council / Commission text C8-0325/2016Council / Commission text C9-0039/2024Council / Commission text C9-0088/2021Council / Commission text C9-0307/2020Council / Commission text C9-0308/2020Council / Commission text C9-0309/2020Report A8-0171/2018Report A8-0186/2017Report A8-0212/2017Report A8-0245/2017Report A8-0316/2017Report A9-0127/2023Report A9-0148/2023Report A9-0149/2023Report A9-0152/2023Report A9-0164/2024

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 14 February 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  2. 20 April 2023

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 2 steps
  1. 20 April 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 20 Apr 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0308/2020Report A9-0127/2023

  2. 5 April 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0127/2023

Committee stage 4 steps
  1. 28 March 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 27 January 2022

    Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)

  3. 23 November 2021

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  4. 11 November 2020

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), AFET (Foreign Affairs) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2020/0277(COD)