Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0233(NLE)
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
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
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 May 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 18 December 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 February 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 10 March 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 26 March 2026
- Adopted by the Council(done) 18 May 2026
Decided in plenary
26 March 2026 · decision 11
Foreign affairs, International agreement
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
Consent given 605 for · 3 against · 9 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:Parliament consented to the EU concluding the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonises the legal effects of court-ordered ship sales across countries.
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
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation and terminology are adjusted.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Legal Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Ton Diepeveen (Patriots)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Maravillas Abadía Jover (EPP), Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR), Dainius Žalimas (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 26 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships.
Tabled for plenary· 10 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the Council decision concluding the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonizes the international effects of court-ordered ship sales.
Committee draft· 14 Jan 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, which harmonizes the international effects of court-ordered ship sales.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
18 May 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
26 March 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 26 Mar 2026 Adopted text TA10-0099/2026Report A10-0049/2026
10 March 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
24 February 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
14 January 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
18 December 2025
Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0233(NLE)