Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0390(APP)
Laying down the measures necessary for the implementation of Protocol No 37 on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty for the Functioning of the European Union
Consent procedure (APP): Parliament approves or rejects, but cannot amend. · 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 16 June 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 27 April 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 8 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 June 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
16 June 2026 · decision 7
EU budget & funds, International agreement
Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Consent given 563 for · 44 against · 56 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Johan van Overtveldt (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Lucia Yar (Renew)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Industry, Research and Energy
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the draft Council decision laying down measures for implementing Protocol No 37 on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decision No 2003/76/EC.
Tabled for plenary· 8 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the draft Council decision implementing Protocol No 37 on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, repealing Decision No 2003/76/EC.
Committee draft· 7 May 2026
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament give its consent to the draft Council decision implementing Protocol No 37 on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decision No 2003/76/EC.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
16 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Jun 2026 Adopted text TA10-0200/2026Report A10-0158/2026
8 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
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
7 May 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
27 April 2026
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0390(APP)