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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0348(CNS)

European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level

Amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the access of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to value added tax information at Union level

· · First reading

Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.

Where it stands

Plenary vote

Parliament gave its opinion on 17 June 2026. The Council takes the final decision.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 15 December 2025
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 8 June 2026
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 17 June 2026
  5. Adopted by the Council(to come)

Decided in plenary

17 June 2026 · decision 5

Economy & single market, New EU law

European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level

Passed 549 for · 33 against · 84 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The regulation aims to strengthen the fight against cross-border VAT fraud by establishing direct communication channels between Eurofisc and these two bodies.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:Adds obligations for customs authorities to transmit fraud data and for the Commission to propose penalty harmonisation and report regularly. Specifies data categories for EPPO and OLAF access and requires implementing acts. Other changes are wording or formal, such as correcting terms and punctuation.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:The new version expands the scope of data access and adds obligations for member states and the Commission. It introduces detailed rules for EPPO and OLAF access, including safeguards, statistics, and data processing requirements. It adds a requirement for a legislative proposal on penalty harmonisation and for customs authorities to transmit fraud indicators. It also adds provisions on interoperability, funding, and reporting, and updates the legal basis and recitals.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Economic and Monetary Affairs
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Carla Tavares (S&D), Tomáš Kubín (Patriots), Roberts Zīle (ECR), Ľudovít Ódor (Renew), Rasmus Andresen (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Siegbert Frank Droese (ESN)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Budgetary Control· rapporteurGilles Boyer (Renew)
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 17 Jun 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0213/2026

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation gives the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) targeted access to VAT information, with safeguards against untargeted searches.

    What changed since Report A10-0159/2026 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 8 Jun 2026

    Report A10-0159/2026

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council regulation gives the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) targeted, centralised access to VAT information, with safeguards to prevent untargeted searches and ensure data protection.

    What changed since Draft report (ECON) →

  3. Committee draft· 17 Feb 2026

    Draft report (ECON)

    AI summary:The draft report approves the Commission proposal, as amended, to give the EPPO and OLAF access to VAT information, with safeguards on data minimisation and targeted searches.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (CONT), Opinion (CONT)

Timeline

Newest first.

Plenary stage 3 steps

  1. 17 June 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Jun 2026 Adopted text TA10-0213/2026Report A10-0159/2026

  2. 15 June 2026

    47 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–47

  3. 8 June 2026

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0159/2026

Committee stage 5 steps

  1. 3 June 2026

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 5 May 2026

    CONT (Budgetary Control) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (CONT)

  3. 13 April 2026

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (ECON)

  4. 17 February 2026

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ECON)

  5. 15 December 2025

    Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; CONT (Budgetary Control), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0348(CNS)