Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0096(COD)
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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 2 July 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 10 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 8 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 14 April 2026
- Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council Trilogue 2 July 2026
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Transport and Tourism
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Johan Danielsson (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Alexandra Mehnert (EPP), Julien Leonardelli (Patriots), Adrian-George Axinia (ECR), Asger Christensen (Renew), Tilly Metz (Greens), Elena Kountoura (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection· rapporteurKlara Dostalova (Patriots)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 14 Apr 2026
Committee draft· 3 Dec 2025
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (IMCO), Opinion (IMCO)
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
2 July 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
29 April 2026
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
14 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
8 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
27 January 2026
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
20 January 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
3 December 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
10 July 2025
Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0096(COD)