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Where the law stands, Dossier 2022/0288(COD)

Import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol) (recast)

· 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 January 2025 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 9 November 2022
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 October 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 30 October 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 23 April 2024
  6. Published as law(done) 22 January 2025

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

Who works on it

Lead committee
International Trade
Bernd Lange (S&D)
Mep #197695 (EPP), Urmas Paet (Renew), Markéta Gregorová (Greens), Sergio Berlato (ECR), Mep #192635 (ID), Mep #24505 (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Budgets

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 23 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0302/2024

    What changed since Report A9-0312/2023 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 30 Oct 2023

    Report A9-0312/2023

    What changed since Draft report (INTA) →

  3. Committee draft· 5 Jun 2023

    Draft report (INTA)

Committee opinions: Opinion (LIBE), Draft opinion (LIBE)

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 22 January 2025

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 19 December 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
  1. 23 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0302/2024Report A9-0312/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 20 March 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    INTA-AG-759983

  2. 9 November 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
  1. 30 October 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0312/2023

Committee stage 5 steps
  1. 24 October 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 20 September 2023

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (LIBE)

  3. 7 September 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    JURI-AL-752959

  4. 5 June 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (INTA)

  5. 9 November 2022

    Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2022/0288(COD)