Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0260(NLE)
Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it. · listed as 2024/0260M in the vote records
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its consent on 20 May 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 24 November 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 20 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 20 May 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
20 May 2026 · decision 1
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
Consent given 493 for · 104 against · 45 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:Parliament's approval means the Council can now conclude the agreement on behalf of the Union.
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
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Reinhold Lopatka (EPP), Claudiu Manda (S&D), Matthieu Valet (Patriots), Alberico Gambino (ECR), Ville Niinistö (Greens), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Stanislav Stoyanov (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Development
- International Trade
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 20 May 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan.
Tabled for plenary· 20 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan.
Committee draft· 13 Jan 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
20 May 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 20 May 2026 Adopted text TA10-0173/2026Report A10-0102/2026
19 May 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 19 May 2026 Council / Commission text C10-0280/2025Report A10-0102/2026Report A10-0107/2026
20 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
15 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
13 January 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
24 November 2025
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0260(NLE)