Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0305(NLE)
Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 11 March 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 7 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 21 January 2026
- Adopted by the Council(done) 11 March 2026
Decided in plenary
21 January 2026 · decision 2
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Consent given 565 for · 83 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The agreement allows the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to carry out operational activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including deploying border management teams with executive powers.
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.
- Jaroslav Bžoch (Patriots)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Alice Teodorescu Måwe (EPP), Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (ECR), Nikola Minchev (Renew), Mélissa Camara (Greens), Estrella Galán (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 21 Jan 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Tabled for plenary· 5 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Committee draft· 23 Oct 2025
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the status agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina on European Border and Coast Guard Agency operations there.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
11 March 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
21 January 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 21 Jan 2026 Adopted text TA10-0011/2026Report A10-0248/2025
5 December 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
3 December 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
18 November 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
23 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
7 July 2025
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0305(NLE)