Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0244(NLE)
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law
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 8 July 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 12 March 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 8 July 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
8 July 2026 · decision 2
Climate & environment, International agreement
Protection of the environment through criminal law
Consent given 499 for · 99 against · 69 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The European Parliament voted on the Council decision to conclude the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.
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
- Legal Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Daniel Buda (EPP), Leire Pajín (S&D), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Greens), Mario Furore (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 8 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law on behalf of the European Union.
Tabled for plenary· 12 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the Council decision concluding the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.
Committee draft· 20 Apr 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
8 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Jul 2026 Adopted text TA10-0256/2026Report A10-0156/2026
12 June 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
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
20 April 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
12 March 2026
Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0244(NLE)