Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0240(NLE)
Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine
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Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 7 March 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 December 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 29 January 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 31 January 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 February 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 7 March 2025
Decided in plenary
11 February 2025 · decision 1
Foreign affairs, International agreement
Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine
Consent given 591 for · 9 against · 9 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The agreement, first signed in 2002, has been renewed four times and will otherwise stay unchanged.
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
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: a clarifying sentence is removed from the explanatory statement.
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.
- Sofie Eriksson (S&D), Ondřej Krutílek (ECR), Ville Niinistö (Greens), Jussi Saramo (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 11 Feb 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine.
Tabled for plenary· 31 Jan 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine.
Committee draft· 12 Dec 2024
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the renewal of the EU-Ukraine science and technology cooperation agreement for another five years, with no changes to its content.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
7 March 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
11 February 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 11 Feb 2025 Adopted text TA10-0010/2025Report A10-0007/2025
31 January 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.
16 December 2024
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
12 December 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0240(NLE)