Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0232(COD)
Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa
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 committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 2 September 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 6 October 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 17 April 2026
- Plenary vote Scheduled 6 October 2026
- Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 2 September 2026
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Employment and Social Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Liesbet Sommen (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Nora Mebarek (S&D), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Patriots), Mariateresa Vivaldini (ECR), Grégory Allione (Renew), Maria Ohisalo (Greens), Per Clausen (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 17 Apr 2026
Committee draft· 11 Dec 2025
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps
2 September 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
23 June 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
7 May 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
17 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
15 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
30 January 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
11 December 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
6 October 2025
Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0232(COD)