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Where the law stands, Dossier 2022/0426(COD)

Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims

· 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 24 June 2024 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 1 February 2023
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 5 October 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 10 October 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 15 February 2024
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 23 April 2024
  6. Published as law(done) 24 June 2024

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

Who works on it

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Mep #124992 (The Left), Mep #197785 (The Left)
Maria Walsh (EPP), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D), Jana Toom (Renew), Alice Kuhnke (Greens), Mep #204334 (ECR), Mep #236052 (ID), Lena Düpont (EPP), Mep #197635 (S&D), Abir Al-Sahlani (Renew), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (ECR), Christine Anderson (ID)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Legal Affairs

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 23 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0310/2024

    What changed since Report A9-0285/2023 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 10 Oct 2023

    Report A9-0285/2023

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 24 June 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 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 2 steps
  1. 23 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0310/2024Report A9-0285/2023

  2. 22 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 22 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0431/2022Report A9-0285/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 15 February 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    CJ01-AG-759031

  2. 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
  1. 10 October 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0285/2023

Committee stage 4 steps
  1. 5 October 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. 7 July 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

    CJ01-AM-750067

  3. 26 May 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    CJ01-PR-749081

  4. 1 February 2023

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

    The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs) gives an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2022/0426(COD)