Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0315(COD)
Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 July 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 20 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 April 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 29 April 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 4 June 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 8 July 2025
- Published as law(done) 23 July 2025
Decided in plenary
8 July 2025 · decision 3
Migration & asylum, New EU law
Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399
Passed 572 for · 42 against · 67 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The European Parliament adopted its position on a regulation allowing a progressive start of operations for the Entry/Exit System (EES), a database registering entries and exits of third-country nationals at Schengen borders.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The new version restructures the text into a full regulation with recitals and articles, adding detailed rules for the progressive start. It extends the possibility to suspend biometric registration for 60 days after the progressive start and adds carrier verification duties. It makes biometric functionalities optional initially and sets thresholds for their gradual deployment. It adds provisions on data incompleteness, requiring authorities to disregard certain automated results and avoid adverse decisions based solely on missing records. The other changes are formal: the text is reorganized and includes standard recitals on legal basis and territorial application.
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.
- Assita Kanko (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Alice Teodorescu Måwe (EPP), Francisco Assis (S&D), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Erik Marquardt (Greens), Özlem Demirel (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 8 Jul 2025
AI summary:Parliament's position on a regulation allowing a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 to enable a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System.
Tabled for plenary· 29 Apr 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation sets rules for a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System (EES), derogating temporarily from the EES Regulation and the Schengen Borders Code.
Committee draft· 4 Mar 2025
AI summary:The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation on a temporary derogation to allow a progressive start of the Entry/Exit System (EES). It sets phased thresholds for use and biometrics, adjusts percentages, and clarifies reporting and suspension rules.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
23 July 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
18 July 2025
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
8 July 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Jul 2025 Adopted text TA10-0141/2025Report A10-0082/2025
2 July 2025
2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
4 June 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
12 May 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
7 May 2025
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step
29 April 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
23 April 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
28 March 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
4 March 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.
20 January 2025
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0315(COD)