Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0806(CNS)
Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
Consultation procedure (CNS): Parliament gives an opinion; the Council decides. · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · 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 26 November 2025. The Council takes the final decision.
- Referred to committee(done) 7 July 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 5 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 12 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 26 November 2025
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
26 November 2025 · decision 3
EU institutions & Parliament, New EU law
Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
Passed 521 for · 110 against · 35 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The position approves the draft as amended, aiming to safeguard confidential data and align with EU data protection law.
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
AI summary:The new version adds a provision to Article 2(1) listing specific statistical areas for data collection, expanding the scope beyond the general reference to ESCB tasks. The other changes are formal: repeated headings and document titles are inserted.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Economic and Monetary Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Aurore Lalucq (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP), Auke Zijlstra (Patriots), Roberts Zīle (ECR), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Greens), Jussi Saramo (The Left), Rada Laykova (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 26 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 on the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank, as amended.
Tabled for plenary· 12 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 on the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank, as amended.
Committee draft· 23 Sept 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 on the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank. Parliament approves the draft as amended and calls for safeguards against confidentiality breaches, in line with GDPR.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
26 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 26 Nov 2025 Adopted text TA10-0297/2025Report A10-0222/2025
21 November 2025
13 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
12 November 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
5 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
7 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
23 September 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
7 July 2025
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0806(CNS)