Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0319(COD)
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
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 29 July 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 20 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 8 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 September 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 8 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 June 2026
- Published as law(done) 29 July 2026
Decided in plenary
16 June 2026 · decision 4
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
Passed 560 for · 75 against · 25 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The law amends EU regulations to improve farmers' bargaining power, clarify terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', and support producer organisations.
8 October 2025 · decision 2
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
Passed 532 for · 78 against · 25 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The law amends EU regulations to improve farmers' bargaining power, for example by clarifying terms like 'fair' and 'equitable' and defining 'short supply chain'.
What changed
Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Adds vinegar to the product list and introduces new rules on public intervention pricing, marketing standards, and hemp import conditions. Changes crisis measures: replaces a proposal for voluntary production reduction with a new article on public procurement sourcing EU products, and adds a separate article on production reduction. Limits sustainability objectives in competition derogations to one point and changes delivery and payment timing in contracts. Removes a justification section from the report. The other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, typos, and rephrasing.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Adds requirements for prior consent of farmers for fair and short supply chain terms, and extends definitions to include cooperatives and producer organisations. Extends written contract obligations to all milk deliveries and adds mediation mechanisms, price transparency, and revision clauses. Adds new products (vinegar, sugar, meat) to scope and requires objective criteria for intervention prices and reference thresholds. Adds new recitals on challenges, producer organisations, European preference, and market measures, and modifies existing recitals accordingly. Adds a feasibility study for a Union label on short supply chain products and delegated acts to specify conditions.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Céline Imart (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Cristina Maestre (S&D), Csaba Dömötör (Patriots), Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR), Barry Cowen (Renew), Anna Strolenberg (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left), Stanislav Stoyanov (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending three EU regulations.
Adopted by Parliament· 8 Oct 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by regulating terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending written contract requirements, and enhancing producer organisations' bargaining power.
Tabled for plenary· 12 Sept 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending rules on contracts, producer organisations, and market measures.
Committee draft· 1 Apr 2025
AI summary:The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation on strengthening farmers' position in the food supply chain, clarifying terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending negotiation rights to non-recognised producer organisations, and adjusting thresholds.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
29 July 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
8 July 2026
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
16 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Jun 2026 Adopted text TA10-0199/2026Report A10-0161/2025
10 June 2026
1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Negotiations with the Council 6 steps
8 April 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
5 March 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
10 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
12 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
14 October 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 October 2025
Parliament opened negotiations with the Council
After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 4 steps
8 October 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Oct 2025 Adopted text TA10-0214/2025Report A10-0161/2025
7 October 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 7 Oct 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0086/2025Council / Commission text C10-0209/2024Report A10-0161/2025Report A10-0164/2025
1 October – 3 October 2025
149 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendments 1–120Amendments 121–126Amendments 127–129Amendments 130–139Amendments 140–145Amendment 142Amendment 146Amendments 147–148
12 September 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
8 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
13 May 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
1 April 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
20 January 2025
Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0319(COD)