Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0397(COD)
Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
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 24 May 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 18 January 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 11 March 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 11 March 2024
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 9 April 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 24 April 2024
- Published as law(done) 24 May 2024
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Tonino Picula (S&D), Karlo Ressler (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Željana Zovko (EPP), Mep #96991 (S&D), Mep #124873 (ECR), Bogdan Rzońca (ECR), Mep #125063 (Renew), Fabienne Keller (Renew), Mep #197451 (Greens), Mep #197645 (Greens), Mep #28586 (The Left), Mep #130833 (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Regional Development· rapporteurMep #197692 (EPP)
- Budgetary Control· rapporteurMep #1892 (EPP)
- International Trade· rapporteurMep #96646 (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 24 Apr 2024
AI summary:Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the proposed regulation establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans.
Tabled for plenary· 11 Mar 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal sets up the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans, a financing instrument for 2024-2027.
Committee opinions: Opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (INTA), Opinion (INTA)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
24 May 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
14 May 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
24 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0343/2024Report A9-0085/2024
23 April 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0408/2023Report A9-0085/2024
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
9 April 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
14 March 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
11 March 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 7 steps
11 March 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
22 February 2024
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
19 February 2024
INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
14 February 2024
REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
9 February 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
24 January 2024
Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
18 January 2024
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), CONT (Budgetary Control), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0397(COD)