Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0146(NLE)
Adoption by the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its opinion on 18 June 2025. The Council takes the final decision.
- Referred to committee(done) 7 October 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 29 January 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 3 February 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 18 June 2025
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
18 June 2025 · decision 2
Energy, New EU law
EU/Euratom Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: adoption by Euratom
Passed 557 for · 47 against · 46 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:Parliament asks the Council to notify it if the Council intends to depart from the approved text and to consult Parliament again if substantial amendments are made.
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.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Borys Budka (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Dan Nica (S&D), Beata Szydło (ECR), Mep #197502 (Renew), Michael Bloss (Greens), Marina Mesure (The Left), Marcin Sypniewski (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- International Trade· rapporteurAnna Cavazzini (Greens)
- Legal Affairs
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 18 Jun 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the Commission proposal for a Council decision on the adoption by Euratom of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty.
Tabled for plenary· 3 Feb 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the Commission proposal for a Council decision on the adoption by the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty.
Committee opinions: Opinion (INTA)
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
18 June 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 18 Jun 2025 Adopted text TA10-0127/2025Report A10-0008/2025
3 February 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
29 January 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 December 2024
INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
7 October 2024
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; INTA (International Trade), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0146(NLE)