Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0103(COD)
Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
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 22 December 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 30 September 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 20 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 December 2025
- Published as law(done) 22 December 2025
Decided in plenary
16 December 2025 · decision 4
Economy & single market, New EU law
Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
Passed 519 for · 119 against · 25 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law amends several EU funding programmes to support defence technologies, dual-use research, and military mobility, without creating new instruments.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Rihards Kols (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Wouter Beke (EPP), Bruno Gonçalves (S&D), Pierre-Romain Thionnet (Patriots), Morten Løkkegaard (Renew), Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Marcin Sypniewski (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Security and Defence· rapporteurThijs Reuten (S&D)
- Transport and Tourism· rapporteurMarjan Šarec (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation incentivises defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan, amending several EU funding regulations.
Tabled for plenary· 30 Sept 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of a Commission proposal to amend six EU programmes so the EU budget can fund defence-related investments under the ReArm Europe Plan.
Committee draft· 18 Jun 2025
AI summary:The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget under the ReArm Europe Plan. It expands STEP to include defence and security technologies, opens the EIC Accelerator to dual-use actions, and allows voluntary reallocation of unspent RRF resources to defence instruments.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG), Opinion (TRAN), Opinion (SEDE), Draft opinion (SEDE), Opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (TRAN)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
22 December 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
19 December 2025
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 3 steps
16 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0320/2025Report A10-0172/2025
15 December 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 15 Dec 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0070/2025Report A10-0172/2025
9 December – 10 December 2025
5 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Committee stage 1 step
3 December 2025
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
20 November 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
5 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 October 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
30 September 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 10 steps
23 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
16 July 2025
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 July 2025
SEDE (Security and Defence) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 July 2025
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
2 July 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
18 June 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 June 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; SEDE (Security and Defence), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.
13 June 2025
Draft opinion from SEDE (Security and Defence)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
6 June 2025
Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
21 May 2025
Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0103(COD)