Where the law stands, Dossier 2020/0278(COD)
Introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/817
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · 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.
- Referred to committee(done) 11 November 2020
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 28 March 2023
- Tabled for plenary(done) 14 April 2023
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 April 2024
- 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
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Birgit Sippel (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Tom Vandendriessche (ID), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (EPP), Charlie Weimers (ECR), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Tineke Strik (Greens), Mep #96852 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Foreign Affairs
- Budgets
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Apr 2024
Tabled for plenary· 14 Apr 2023
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation introducing a screening of third-country nationals at the external borders. It sets out when the screening applies, what checks it includes, how long it may last, and how people are referred to asylum or return procedures.
Committee draft· 16 Nov 2021
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
22 May 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
14 May 2024
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
10 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0181/2024Report A9-0149/2023
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
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.
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
20 April 2023
Plenary vote
Sitting of 20 Apr 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0307/2020Report A9-0149/2023
14 April 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
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.
24 January 2022
Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)
16 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.
11 November 2020
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2020/0278(COD)