Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0027(COD)
Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed
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 20 June 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 26 February 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 19 March 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 25 March 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Talks opened 3 April 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 22 May 2025
- Published as law(done) 20 June 2025
Decided in plenary
22 May 2025 · decision 3
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed production
Passed 374 for · 176 against · 36 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The proposal updates EU rules on recognising field inspections and seed production in Moldova and Ukraine as equivalent to EU standards.
3 April 2025 · decision 2
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed
Negotiating mandate approved On the decision to open negotiations with the Council: 411 for · 191 against · 13 abstained
AI summary:The proposal updates EU rules on recognising field inspections and seed production in Moldova and Ukraine as equivalent to EU standards for certain crops.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the recitals and rapporteur's explanation are replaced by the adopted text reference and final act citation.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Veronika Vrecionová (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Daniel Buda (EPP), Gheorghe Cârciu (S&D), Gilles Pennelle (Patriots), Elsi Katainen (Renew), Thomas Waitz (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left), Ivan David (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 22 May 2025
AI summary:Parliament's position on a decision amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC to grant equivalence to Moldova for fodder plant seed field inspections and production, and to Ukraine for beet and oil plant seed field inspections and production.
Tabled for plenary· 25 Mar 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision updates Council Decision 2003/17/EC to recognise field inspections and seed production in Moldova for fodder plants and in Ukraine for beet and oil plants as equivalent to EU standards.
Committee draft· 20 Dec 2024
AI summary:The draft report supports the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2003/17/EC, granting equivalence to field inspections and seed production in Moldova for fodder plants and in Ukraine for beet and oil plants.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
20 June 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
17 June 2025
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
22 May 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 22 May 2025 Adopted text TA10-0110/2025Report A10-0043/2025
14 May – 16 May 2025
6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Negotiations with the Council 1 step
3 April 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 2 steps
3 April 2025
Plenary vote
25 March 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
19 March 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
10 February 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
20 December 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
26 February 2024
Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0027(COD)