Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0670(COD)
Application for the electronic submission of travel data (“EU Digital Travel application”) and amending Regulations (EU) 2016/399 and (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004, as regards the use of digital travel credentials
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
Plenary vote
Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 23 June 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 25 November 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 10 December 2025
- Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 23 June 2026
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
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.
- Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Oliver Schenk (EPP), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew), Markéta Gregorová (Greens), Damien Carême (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Transport and Tourism· rapporteurGheorghe Falcă (EPP)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 10 Dec 2025
Committee draft· 2 Apr 2025
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN), Opinion (TRAN)
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps
23 June 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
5 May 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
18 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
17 December 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
10 December 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 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.
3 June 2025
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 May 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
2 April 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 March 2025
Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
25 November 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0670(COD)