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European Year of Rail (2021)

Reference
2020/0035(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 28 December 2020 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
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Decisions in plenary
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Versions
2 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) 11 March 2020
  2. Committee work (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Talks opened 21 October 2020
  5. Plenary vote (done) Voted 15 December 2020
  6. Published as law (done) 28 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.

The procedure file names no committee or rapporteur for this dossier.

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

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

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

Versions, 2

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament15 Dec 2020

    Adopted text TA9-0345/2020 TA-9-2020-0345

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  2. Tabled for plenary14 Oct 2020

    Report A9-0191/2020 A-9-2020-0191

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0345/2020: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a decision designating 2021 the European Year of Rail. The decision sets out the objectives, activities and coordination for the year.
  • Report A9-0191/2020: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to designate 2021 as the European Year of Rail. It keeps the designation and adds new objectives, activities, a budget and an annex of events.

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What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

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

Timeline, 6

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

Outcome 2 steps · 23 Dec 2020–28 Dec 2020

  1. 28 December 2020

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 23 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 · 14 Dec 2020–15 Dec 2020

  1. 15 December 2020

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 15 Dec 2020 Council / Commission text C9-0076/2020Council / Commission text C9-0162/2019Council / Commission text C9-0378/2020Council / Commission text C9-0395/2020Council / Commission text C9-0396/2020Council / Commission text C9-0397/2020Council / Commission text C9-0398/2020Council / Commission text C9-0399/2020Report A9-0101/2020Report A9-0191/2020Report A9-0252/2020Report A9-0253/2020

  2. 14 December 2020

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 14 Dec 2020 Council / Commission text C9-0076/2020Report A9-0191/2020

Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 21 Oct 2020

  1. 21 October 2020

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Committee stage 1 step · 11 Mar 2020

  1. 11 March 2020

    Referred to committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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European Parliament (2026). “European Year of Rail (2021)”. Dossier. reference 2020/0035(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2020-0035 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2020/0035(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2020%2F0035(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2020-0035,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Year of Rail (2021)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2020-0035}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2020-0035},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2020/0035(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2020\%2F0035(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}