Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0169(COD)
Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
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
Plenary vote
Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 3 June 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 July 2023
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 June 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 1 July 2025
- Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 3 June 2026
- Published as law(to come)
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.
- Jana Toom (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Michał Wawrykiewicz (EPP), Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR), Tineke Strik (Greens), Mario Furore (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 1 Jul 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults in cross-border cases.
Committee draft· 3 Mar 2025
AI summary:The Committee on Legal Affairs draft report sets out Parliament's first-reading position on the proposed regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation for the protection of adults in cross-border cases.
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps
3 June 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
12 May 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
17 March 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
9 July 2025
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 July 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
24 June 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
24 March 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
3 March 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 July 2023
Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0169(COD)