Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0108(COD)
Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process
Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/823 of 28 February 2024 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process
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 6 October 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 9 October 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 13 November 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done)
- Published as law(done) 22 December 2025
Decided in plenary
13 November 2025 · decision 4
Foreign affairs, New EU law
Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process
Passed 543 for · 72 against · 22 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The EU is updating its exceptional trade measures for countries linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process, which cover duty suspensions for certain fruits and vegetables and tariff quotas for wine.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report is replaced by the adopted text with updated references.
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.
- Kris van Dijck (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Ilia Lazarov (EPP), Ştefan Muşoiu (S&D), Pierre Pimpie (Patriots), Ľubica Karvašová (Renew), Markéta Gregorová (Greens), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Markus Buchheit (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 13 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends Regulation (EU) 2024/823 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories in the Stabilisation and Association Process.
Tabled for plenary· 9 Oct 2025
AI summary:Parliament adopts its position at first reading on the proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2024/823 on exceptional trade measures for the Western Balkans, taking over the Commission proposal without amendments.
Committee draft· 10 Sept 2025
AI summary:The draft report concerns a Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2024/823 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories in the Stabilisation and Association Process. The rapporteur supports the proposal without amendments, extending the measures until 2030 and deleting the obsolete reference to fisheries.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
22 December 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
16 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
13 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 13 Nov 2025 Adopted text TA10-0265/2025Report A10-0188/2025
4 November – 5 November 2025
4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
9 October 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
6 October 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
26 September 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
10 September 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 June 2025
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0108(COD)