Plenary report, 3 March 2026
On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
Report A-10-2026-0040 · (COM(2025)0797 – C100370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD))
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Birgit Sippel
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AI:In short
Parliament rejects the Commission proposal to extend Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 and calls on the Commission to withdraw it.
Position. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs proposes to reject the Commission proposal and calls for its withdrawal.
Key points
- Rejects the Commission proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application.
- Calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal.
Legal basis. Article 294(2) and Article 16(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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Full text
Draft european parliament legislative resolution 11 paragraphs
(COM(2025)0797 – C100370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
–having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0797),
–having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 16(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C100370/2025),
–having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
–having regard to Rule 60 of its Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A10-0040/2026),
1.Rejects the Commission proposal;
2.Calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal;
3.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Annex: declaration of input 5 paragraphs
Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that she included in her report input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that she received, in the preparation of the draft report, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:
| 1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register |
| European Digital Rights |
| CCIA |
| Doteurope |
| Microsoft |
| Snapchat |
| X/ Twitter |
| 2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies(3) |
The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.
Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur declares that she has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.
Procedure pages
How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.
Procedure – committee responsible 1 paragraph
| Title | Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application | |
| References | COM(2025)0797 – C10-0370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD) | |
| Date submitted to Parliament | 19.12.2025 | |
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | LIBE 27.1.2026 | |
| Rapporteurs Date appointed | Birgit Sippel 15.1.2026 | |
| Discussed in committee | 23.2.2026 | |
| Date adopted | 2.3.2026 | |
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 28 38 3 |
| Date tabled | 3.3.2026 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 6 paragraphs
28 · For
- ECR
- Nicolas Bay, Paolo Inselvini, Mariusz Kamiński, Assita Kanko, Michele Picaro, Maciej Wąsik, Charlie Weimers
- Patriots
- Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Jean-Paul Garraud, Tomáš Kubín, Fabrice Leggeri, António Tânger Corrêa, Tom Vandendriessche, Alexandre Varaut
- Renew
- Abir Al-Sahlani
- S&D
- Katarina Barley, Jens Geier, Isilda Gomes, Hannes Heide, Evin Incir, Marina Kaljurand, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chloé Ridel, Birgit Sippel, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Cecilia Strada, Marco Tarquinio, Kristian Vigenin
38 · Against
- ESN
- Alexander Jungbluth, Mary Khan
- No group
- Erik Kaliňák, Martin Sonneborn
- EPP
- Magdalena Adamowicz, Fredis Beleris, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Krzysztof Brejza, Caterina Chinnici, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Lena Düpont, Borja Giménez Larraz, Sérgio Humberto, Jeroen Lenaers, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Lukas Mandl, Andrey Novakov, Ana Miguel Pedro, Pekka Toveri, Axel Voss, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Javier Zarzalejos, Tomáš Zdechovský
- Renew
- Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Irena Joveva, Moritz Körner, Michael McNamara, Nikola Minchev, Sophie Wilmès
- The Left
- Konstantinos Arvanitis, Sebastian Everding, Gaetano Pedulla'
- Greens
- Jaume Asens Llodrà, Saskia Bricmont, David Cormand, Markéta Gregorová, Katrin Langensiepen, Mounir Satouri
3 · Abstained
- ECR
- Georgiana Teodorescu
- ESN
- Milan Uhrík
- Patriots
- Marieke Ehlers
+ : in favour
- : against
0 : abstention