Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0111(NLE)
Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws
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 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 25 March 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 July 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 15 July 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 September 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
16 September 2026 · decision 9
Economy & single market, International agreement
EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws
Consent given 640 for · 5 against · 26 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The text concerns an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.
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
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Eero Heinäluoma (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Regina Doherty (EPP), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Patriots), Roberts Zīle (ECR), Billy Kelleher (Renew), Jussi Saramo (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws.
Tabled for plenary· 15 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.
Committee draft· 9 Jun 2026
AI summary:This is a draft report by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on the draft Council decision to conclude an EU-UK agreement on cooperation in applying their competition laws.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
16 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0297/2026Report A10-0203/2026
15 July 2026
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 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
9 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
25 March 2026
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0111(NLE)