Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0409(COD)
Amending Council Directive 98/58/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements, and repealing Council Directives 82/711/EEC and 85/572/EEC
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
Committee work
In committee: ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) is preparing the report (draft published 19 June 2026).
- Referred to committee(done) 9 February 2026
- Committee work ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary(to come)
- Plenary vote(to come)
- Negotiations with the Council(to come)
- 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.
- Michele Picaro (ECR), Herbert Dorfmann (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Jessica Polfjärd (EPP), Biljana Borzan (S&D), Anne-Sophie Frigout (Patriots), Tilly Metz (Greens), Anja Hazekamp (The Left), Ivan David (ESN), Gheorghe Cârciu (S&D), Mireia Borrás Pabón (Patriots), Carlo Fidanza (ECR), Benoit Cassart (Renew), Anna Strolenberg (Greens)
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 3 steps
20 July 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
19 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
9 February 2026
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0409(COD)