Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0066(NLE)
Renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India
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) 19 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 16 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 8
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement
Consent given 624 for · 9 against · 32 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The agreement enables continued collaboration in areas like clean energy, health, AI, and sustainable development.
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
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Borys Budka (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Sofie Eriksson (S&D)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Sept 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India.
Tabled for plenary· 16 Jul 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the EU-India science and technology cooperation agreement for a new five-year period.
Committee draft· 2 Jul 2025
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the renewal of the EU-India science and technology cooperation agreement for five more years, with unchanged substance.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
10 September 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Sept 2025 Adopted text TA10-0183/2025Report A10-0145/2025
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
16 July 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
2 July 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 June 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0066(NLE)