Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0074(NLE)
EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
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Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 March 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 September 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 December 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 21 January 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 13 March 2025
Decided in plenary
21 January 2025 · decision 1
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
Consent given 505 for · 90 against · 43 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The agreement enables the Agency to conduct joint operations and deploy border management teams in Serbia, including at its borders with non-EU countries.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
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.
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
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Karlo Ressler (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Murielle Laurent (S&D), Susanna Ceccardi (Patriots), Alessandro Ciriani (ECR), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Alice Kuhnke (Greens), Isabel Serra Sánchez (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 21 Jan 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
Tabled for plenary· 5 Dec 2024
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Serbia on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
Committee draft· 19 Nov 2024
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the status agreement between the EU and Serbia on European Border and Coast Guard Agency operations in Serbia.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
13 March 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
21 January 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 21 Jan 2025 Adopted text TA10-0001/2025Report A10-0027/2024
5 December 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
3 December 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
19 November 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 September 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0074(NLE)