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Protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States

Reference
2018/0136(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 December 2020 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
More facts (4)
Rapporteurs
MEP #96991, MEP #112611
Shadow rapporteurs
11 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
5 versions
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 14 December 2020
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 14 December 2020
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 12 November 2020
  5. Plenary vote (done) Voted 16 December 2020
  6. Published as law (done) 22 December 2020

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
Rapporteurs
MEP #96991 (S&D) former member, MEP #112611 (EPP) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197597 (ID) former member, MEP #26837 (EPP) former member, Bogdan RZOŃCA (ECR), Moritz KÖRNER (Renew), Alexandra GEESE (Greens), Younous OMARJEE (GUE-NGL), MEP #197482 (ID) former member, Claudiu MANDA (S&D), MEP #28372 (ECR) former member, MEP #197588 (Renew) former member, Daniel FREUND (Greens)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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Versions, 5

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament16 Dec 2020

    Adopted text TA9-0356/2020 TA-9-2020-0356

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  2. Adopted by Parliament4 Apr 2019

    Adopted text TA8-0349/2019 TA-8-2019-0349

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  3. Adopted by Parliament17 Jan 2019

    Adopted text TA8-0038/2019 TA-8-2019-0038

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  4. Tabled for plenary14 Dec 2020

    Report A9-0262/2020 A-9-2020-0262

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  5. Tabled for plenary18 Dec 2018

    Report A8-0469/2018 A-8-2018-0469

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0356/2020: Parliament approves the Council's first-reading position on a regulation creating a general regime of conditionality to protect the Union budget where there are generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in member states.
  • Adopted text TA8-0038/2019: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on protecting the Union's budget where a member state has generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law. It defines such deficiencies, lists the situations that count, and sets out measures including suspension of payments and commitments.
  • Report A9-0262/2020: Parliament's committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control recommend that Parliament approve the Council's first-reading position on a regulation creating a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.

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What changed

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No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 12

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 16 Dec 2020–22 Dec 2020

  1. 22 December 2020

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 16 December 2020

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 16 Dec 2020–16 Dec 2020

  1. 16 December 2020

    Plenary vote

  2. 16 December 2020

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 16 Dec 2020 Council / Commission text C8-0189/2018Council / Commission text C9-0407/2020Council / Commission text C9-0409/2020Motion for a resolution B9-0428/2020Motion for a resolution B9-0429/2020Report A9-0260/2020Report A9-0261/2020Report A9-0262/2020

Committee stage 3 steps · 13 Nov 2020–14 Dec 2020

  1. 14 December 2020

    Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 14 December 2020

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  3. 13 November 2020

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    CJ13-PR-660258

Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 12 Nov 2020

  1. 12 November 2020

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

Plenary stage 1 step · 4 Apr 2019

  1. 4 April 2019

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 4 Apr 2019 Report A8-0469/2018

Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 17 Jan 2019

  1. 17 January 2019

    Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 1 step · 17 Jan 2019

  1. 17 January 2019

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Jan 2019 Report A8-0469/2018

Committee stage 1 step · 11 Jun 2018

  1. 11 June 2018

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2018-0136
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States”. Dossier. reference 2018/0136(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2018-0136 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2018/0136(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2018%2F0136(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2018-0136}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2018-0136},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2018/0136(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2018\%2F0136(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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