Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0422(COD)
Amending Regulations (EC) No 561/2006, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2019/2144 and (EU) 2024/1257 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification of technical requirements and testing procedures for motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 70/157/EEC and Regulation No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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: TRAN (Transport and Tourism) is preparing the report.
- Referred to committee(done) 9 February 2026
- Committee work TRAN (Transport and Tourism) 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
- Transport and Tourism
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Michael Bloss (Greens), Andreas Schwab (EPP), Merja Kyllönen (The Left)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Greens), Zala Černilec Tomašič (EPP), Christel Schaldemose (S&D), Antonín Staněk (Patriots), Alexandr Vondra (ECR), Katri Kulmuni (Renew), Jonas Sjöstedt (The Left), François Kalfon (S&D), Elisabeth Dieringer (Patriots), Stefano Cavedagna (ECR), Nikola Minchev (Renew), Alice Kuhnke (Greens), Jens Gieseke (EPP), Vivien Costanzo (S&D), Rachel Blom (Patriots), Ondřej Krutílek (ECR), Valérie Devaux (Renew), Volker Schnurrbusch (ESN)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Industry, Research and Energy· rapporteurGiorgio Gori (S&D)
Timeline
Newest first.
Committee stage 2 steps
26 June – 30 June 2026
Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
9 February 2026
Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0422(COD)