POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in the United Kingdom
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (‘EU4Health Programme’) for the period 2021-2027, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 282/2014
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific and temporary measures in view of the persistence of the COVID-19 crisis concerning the renewal or extension of certain certificates, licences and authorisations, the postponement of certain periodic checks and periodic training in certain areas of transport legislation and the extension of certain periods referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/698
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 as regards temporary relief from the slot utilisation rules at Union airports due to the COVID-19 crisis
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries and Directive 2004/109/EC as regards the use of the single electronic reporting format for annual financial reports, to support the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/65/EU as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits, and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/878 as regards their application to investment firms, to help the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 9 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification)
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.