Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0436(COD)
Passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys
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 negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 15 October 2025); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 8 February 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 June 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 27 June 2025
- Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 15 October 2025
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Transport and Tourism
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Jens Gieseke (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Andreas Schieder (S&D), Mep #118949 (Patriots), Kosma Złotowski (ECR), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Kai Tegethoff (Greens), Arash Saeidi (The Left), Stanislav Stoyanov (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection· rapporteurCynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 27 Jun 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a Regulation on passenger rights in multimodal journeys sets rules for tickets, information, assistance, reimbursement and complaints.
Committee draft· 19 Feb 2025
AI summary:This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on passenger rights in multimodal journeys. It adopts Parliament's first-reading position with 23 amendments to the Commission text.
Committee opinions: Opinion (IMCO), Draft opinion (IMCO)
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
15 October 2025
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
27 June 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps
24 June 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
8 April 2025
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
25 March 2025
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (TRAN)Amendments in committee (TRAN)
19 February 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
7 January 2025
Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
8 February 2024
Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0436(COD)