Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0193(NLE)
Union Approval of the amendment to Article 36 of the 2015 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives
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 20 May 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 27 January 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 16 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 20 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 20 May 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
20 May 2026 · decision 2
Agriculture, food & fisheries, International agreement
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives: amendment of Article 36
Consent given 644 for · 1 against · 2 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The amendment allows the Agreement to be extended for periods of five years.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: the consent phrase now includes "approval of the" before "amendment".
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: an opinion letter from the Agriculture Committee is added.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Bernd Lange (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (EPP), Francesco Torselli (ECR), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Greens)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurVeronika Vrecionová (ECR)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 20 May 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the approval of the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015.
Tabled for plenary· 20 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, which allows the Agreement to be extended for periods of five years.
Committee draft· 26 Feb 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to the amendment of Article 36 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, which allows the Agreement to be extended for periods of five years.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
20 May 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 20 May 2026 Adopted text TA10-0175/2026Report A10-0101/2026
20 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
16 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
26 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
24 February 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 January 2026
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0193(NLE)