Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0055(NLE)
Accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, 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.
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 10 September 2025. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 July 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 16 July 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 September 2025
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
10 September 2025 · decision 7
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Vanuatu
Consent given 528 for · 89 against · 48 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The accession reinforces the legal framework for EU trade with Pacific partners and incorporates Vanuatu into joint rules and institutions.
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
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Dariusz Joński (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Francisco Assis (S&D), Barry Cowen (Renew), Rudi Kennes (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Sept 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.
Tabled for plenary· 16 Jul 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the accession of Vanuatu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, reinforcing the legal framework for trade and incorporating Vanuatu into joint rules and institutions.
Committee draft· 3 Jun 2025
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to Vanuatu's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and Pacific States, which would incorporate Vanuatu into the agreement's rules and institutions.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
10 September 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Sept 2025 Adopted text TA10-0182/2025Report A10-0141/2025
16 July 2025
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 July 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
16 June 2025
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
3 June 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0055(NLE)