Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0329(COD)
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards certain obligations of operators and traders
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 23 December 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 12 November 2025
- Committee work(done)
- Tabled for plenary(done)
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 15 December 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Voted 17 December 2025
- Published as law(done) 23 December 2025
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Mep #197422 (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Delara Burkhardt (S&D), Ondřej Knotek (Patriots), Anna Zalewska (ECR), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Marie Toussaint (Greens), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- International Trade
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 17 Dec 2025
AI summary:Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on certain obligations of operators and traders under the Deforestation Regulation.
Adopted by Parliament· 26 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products changes the obligations of operators and traders.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
23 December 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
19 December 2025
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 1 step
17 December 2025
Plenary vote
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
15 December 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
4 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
26 November 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 2 steps
26 November 2025
Plenary vote
13 November 2025
Plenary vote
Committee stage 1 step
12 November 2025
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0329(COD)