Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0322(COD)
Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
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
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 March 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 24 November 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 8 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 9 December 2025
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 10 February 2026
- Published as law(done) 19 March 2026
Decided in plenary
10 February 2026 · decision 5
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
Passed 483 for · 102 against · 67 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law aims to protect sensitive EU agricultural sectors by allowing swift, proportionate safeguard measures when imports from Mercosur countries cause or threaten serious injury to EU producers.
16 December 2025 · decision 1
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
Passed 431 for · 161 against · 70 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law aims to protect sensitive EU agricultural sectors by allowing swift, proportionate measures when imports from Mercosur countries cause or threaten serious injury to EU producers.
What changed
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Strengthens monitoring and reporting for sensitive products, including quarterly reports and possible extension to other sectors. Lowers thresholds for prima facie evidence of injury and speeds up investigations and provisional measures for sensitive products. Adds anti-circumvention measures and extends the list of sensitive products to include eggs and citrus. Replaces the explanatory statement with a letter from the Agriculture Committee urging stronger safeguards and faster procedures. The versions differ only in formal points: the title is updated and the date changed.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Gabriel Mato (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Francisco Assis (S&D), Christophe Bay (Patriots), Francesco Torselli (ECR), Svenja Hahn (Renew), Saskia Bricmont (Greens), Manon Aubry (The Left), Markus Buchheit (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurVeronika Vrecionová (ECR)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Feb 2026
AI summary:Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products. It corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2026/687.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products lowers injury thresholds, speeds up procedures, and adds environmental and anti-circumvention measures.
Tabled for plenary· 9 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products tightens monitoring, lowers injury thresholds, shortens deadlines, and adds anti-circumvention rules.
Committee draft· 20 Nov 2025
AI summary:The draft report concerns a proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products. The rapporteur proposes adopting the Commission proposal without amendments.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
19 March 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
11 March 2026
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
10 February 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Feb 2026 Adopted text TA10-0030/2026Report A10-0254/2025
3 February – 4 February 2026
25 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendment 89Amendment 90Amendment 91Amendments 92–100Amendments 101–108Amendments 109–110Amendments 111–112Amendment 113
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
27 January 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
17 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
16 December 2025
Parliament opened negotiations with the Council
After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 3 steps
16 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0315/2025Report A10-0254/2025
10 December – 15 December 2025
88 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendments 1–17Amendments 18–27Amendments 28–33Amendments 34–38Amendments 39–45Amendments 46–51Amendments 52–60Amendments 61–68Amendments 69–71Amendments 72–77Amendments 78–79Amendment 80Amendments 81–88
9 December 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
8 December 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
2 December 2025
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
27 November 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
24 November 2025
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.
20 November 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0322(COD)