Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0089(COD)
Amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law
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 10 January 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 17 April 2023
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 29 November 2023
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 December 2023
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 8 April 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 24 April 2024
- Published as law(done) 10 January 2025
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.
- Emil Radev (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Mep #197635 (S&D), Mep #124873 (ECR)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 24 Apr 2024
Tabled for plenary· 5 Dec 2023
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 on digital tools in company law. It requires preventive administrative, judicial or notarial control of company formation documents, and lets Member States add public electronic identity and legality checks.
Committee draft· 19 Jul 2023
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
10 January 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
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
24 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0360/2024Report A9-0394/2023
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
8 April 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
13 December 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
5 December 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
29 November 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
19 July 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
17 April 2023
Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0089(COD)