Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0349(COD)
Empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
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
Plenary vote
Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 10 September 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 15 December 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 16 April 2026
- Plenary vote Scheduled 7 October 2026
- Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 10 September 2026
- Published as law(to come)
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.
- Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D), Mélissa Camara (Greens)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Martine Kemp (EPP), Valérie Deloge (Patriots), Nora Junco García (ECR), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Marie Toussaint (Greens), Mep #256961 (The Left), Isabelle Le Callennec (EPP), André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D), Séverine Werbrouck (Patriots), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Tabled for plenary· 16 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a decision empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles. It adds reporting and consultation duties for France and information duties for the Commission.
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps
10 September 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
29 June 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
29 April 2026
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step
16 April 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
15 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
5 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
15 December 2025
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0349(COD)