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Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0378(COD)

Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest

· 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 16 December 2024 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 20 November 2023
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 13 February 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 15 February 2024
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. Published as law(done) 16 December 2024

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

Who works on it

Lead committee
Agriculture and Rural Development
Mep #125045 (S&D)
Daniel Buda (EPP), Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR), Mep #124862 (Renew), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 24 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0346/2024

    What changed since Report A9-0035/2024 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 15 Feb 2024

    Report A9-0035/2024

    What changed since Draft report (AGRI) →

  3. Committee draft· 10 Jan 2024

    Draft report (AGRI)

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 16 December 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 27 November 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 TA9-0346/2024Report A9-0035/2024

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 19 March 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    AGRI-AG-759964

  2. 27 February 2024

    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. 15 February 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0035/2024

Committee stage 3 steps
  1. 13 February 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 10 January 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (AGRI)

  3. 20 November 2023

    Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0378(COD)