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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

· 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.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 17 April 2023
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 29 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 5 December 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 8 April 2024
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. 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
Emil Radev (EPP)
Mep #197635 (S&D), Mep #124873 (ECR)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 24 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0360/2024

    What changed since Report A9-0394/2023 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 5 Dec 2023

    Report A9-0394/2023

    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.

    What changed since Draft report (JURI) →

  3. Committee draft· 19 Jul 2023

    Draft report (JURI)

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 10 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. 24 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0360/2024Report A9-0394/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 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.

  2. 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
  1. 5 December 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0394/2023

Committee stage 3 steps
  1. 29 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 19 July 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (JURI)

  3. 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)