Where the law stands, Dossier 2021/0425(COD)
Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast)
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 15 July 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 17 February 2022
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 9 February 2023
- Tabled for plenary(done) 17 February 2023
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 April 2024
- Published as law(done) 15 July 2024
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Jens Geier (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Thierry Mariani (ID), Mep #28269 (EPP), Mep #197559 (ECR), Mep #197632 (Renew), Mep #124856 (Greens), Mep #96852 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurNorbert Lins (EPP)
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Budgets
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 11 Apr 2024
Tabled for plenary· 17 Feb 2023
Committee draft· 21 Jun 2022
Committee opinions: Opinion (IMCO), Draft opinion (IMCO)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
15 July 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
13 June 2024
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 1 step
11 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 11 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0283/2024Report A9-0035/2023
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
23 January 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
15 March 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 1 step
17 February 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 7 steps
9 February 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
31 January 2023
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 October 2022
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
21 June 2022
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 May 2022
Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
17 May 2022
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
17 February 2022
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2021/0425(COD)