Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0189(COD)
Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products
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
Plenary vote
Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 15 September 2026. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
- Referred to committee(done) 14 September 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 September 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 7 September 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 15 September 2026
- Negotiations with the Council(to come)
- Published as law(to come)
Decided in plenary
15 September 2026 · decision 7
Foreign affairs, New EU law
Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products
Passed 583 for · 49 against · 39 abstained by an overwhelming majority
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Ştefan Muşoiu (S&D), Petras Auštrevičius (Renew), Markéta Gregorová (Greens)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurVeronika Vrecionová (ECR)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 15 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposed regulation granting temporary trade-liberalisation measures for certain Armenian products.
Tabled for plenary· 7 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation on temporary trade-liberalisation measures for Armenian products takes over the Commission proposal without changes.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 1 step
15 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 15 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0282/2026Report A10-0226/2026
Committee stage 1 step
14 September 2026
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.
Plenary stage 1 step
7 September 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 2 steps
3 September 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
2 September 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0189(COD)