POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 12 July 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, as regards digital information exchange in terrorism cases
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 July 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 14 June 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 13 June 2023 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 May 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific rules relating to medicinal products for human use intended to be placed on the market in Northern Ireland and amending Directive 2001/83/EC
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 May 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 as regards the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas to certain steel products transferred to Northern Ireland
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 May 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods, plants for planting, seed potatoes, machinery and certain vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, as well as non-commercial movements of certain pet animals into Northern Ireland
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 May 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 May 2023 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision (EU) 2022/563 as regards the amount of macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 20 April 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets and amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 (recast)
The majority of European laws is adopted using the ordinary legislative procedure. This gives the European Parliament and the Council of the EU an equal say on a wide range of issues.
Under the ordinary legislative procedure, the European Parliament adopts its position at first reading on the basis of the proposal presented by the Commission. If the position is not approved by the Council, the European Parliament may adopt its position at second reading by adopting amendments to the Council position.
As a general rule, EP positions take the form of consolidated texts, whereby political amendments and technical adaptations are incorporated in the Commission proposal (at first reading) or the Council position (second reading).
The first and second reading positions are forwarded to the Council and the Commission and serve as a basis for further steps in the ordinary legislative procedure.
For further information see: Rules of Procedure (Rule 203) and ordinary legislative procedure.