POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 17 December 2025 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on phasing out Russian natural gas imports and preparing the phase out of oil imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 26 March 2026 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on combatting corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 12 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 11 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 as regards the setting of a Union intermediate climate target for 2040
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clauses of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union designs (codification)
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the concept of safe third country
POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT adopted at first reading on 10 February 2026 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
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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.
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