Where the law stands, Dossier 2022/0302(COD)
Liability for defective products
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 18 November 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 17 October 2022
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 9 October 2023
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 October 2023
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 12 March 2024
- Published as law(done) 18 November 2024
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Legal Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Mep #197668 (Renew), Pascal Arimont (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Krzysztof Hetman (EPP), René Repasi (S&D), Mep #197767 (ECR), Mep #197546 (Greens), Mep #197635 (S&D), Kosma Złotowski (ECR), Mep #197567 (Renew), Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens), Mep #24505 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Industry, Research and Energy
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 12 Mar 2024
Tabled for plenary· 12 Oct 2023
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
18 November 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
23 October 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
12 March 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0132/2024Report A9-0291/2023
11 March 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 11 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0322/2022Report A9-0291/2023
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
22 February 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
18 October 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
12 October 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
9 October 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
5 April 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
17 October 2022
Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2022/0302(COD)