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Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2067(REG)

Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

Rules of Procedure · First reading

A change to Parliament’s own rules.

Where it stands

Parliament’s position

Parliament adopted the text on 17 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 31 March 2025
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 14 May 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 15 May 2025
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 17 June 2025
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

Decided in plenary

17 June 2025 · decision 7

EU institutions & Parliament, Resolution

Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

Adopted 653 for · 0 against · 15 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The amendments will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation and spelling are updated.

    See the changes →

  • 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.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Constitutional Affairs
Sven Simon (EPP)
Loránt Vincze (EPP), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D), Marieke Ehlers (Patriots), Patryk Jaki (ECR), Sandro Gozi (Renew), Daniel Freund (Greens), Nikolas Farantouris (The Left), Stanisław Tyszka (ESN)

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 17 Jun 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0121/2025

    AI summary:Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authority representatives from whom they received input on the file.

    What changed since Report A10-0086/2025 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 15 May 2025

    Report A10-0086/2025

    AI summary:Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authorities from whom they received input, with Article 7(4) applying mutatis mutandis.

    What changed since Draft report (AFCO) →

  3. Committee draft· 24 Mar 2025

    Draft report (AFCO)

    AI summary:This draft report proposes amending Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries from whom they received input on the file.

Timeline

Newest first.

Plenary stage 3 steps
  1. 17 June 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Jun 2025 Report A10-0086/2025Adopted text TA10-0121/2025

  2. 12 June 2025

    1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendment 1

  3. 15 May 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0086/2025

Committee stage 3 steps
  1. 14 May 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 31 March 2025

    Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  3. 24 March 2025

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (AFCO)

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2067(REG)