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Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders

Reference
2021/0046(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Birgit SIPPEL
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 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) 8 March 2021
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 March 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 14 April 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 22 May 2024

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

People

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Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteur
Birgit SIPPEL (S&D)
Shadow rapporteurs
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE (ID), Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ (EPP), Patryk JAKI (ECR), Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew), Tineke STRIK (Greens), MEP #96852 (The Left) former member

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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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

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  1. Adopted by Parliament10 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0182/2024 TA-9-2024-0182

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary14 Apr 2023

    Report A9-0148/2023 A-9-2023-0148

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft16 Nov 2021

    Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-700426

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0182/2024: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a regulation amending Regulations (EU) 2019/816 and (EU) 2019/818 to introduce screening of third-country nationals at the external borders.
  • Draft report (LIBE): This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2019/816 on the ECRIS-TCN system and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on interoperability, to introduce screening of third-country nationals at the external borders.

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What changed

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Timeline, 12

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

Outcome 2 steps · 14 May 2024–22 May 2024

  1. 22 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 14 May 2024

    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 · 10 Apr 2024–10 Apr 2024

  1. 10 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0182/2024Report A9-0148/2023

  2. 10 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C8-0179/2016Council / Commission text C8-0321/2016Council / Commission text C8-0323/2016Council / Commission text C8-0324/2016Council / Commission text C8-0325/2016Council / Commission text C9-0039/2024Council / Commission text C9-0088/2021Council / Commission text C9-0307/2020Council / Commission text C9-0308/2020Council / Commission text C9-0309/2020Report A8-0171/2018Report A8-0186/2017Report A8-0212/2017Report A8-0245/2017Report A8-0316/2017Report A9-0127/2023Report A9-0148/2023Report A9-0149/2023Report A9-0152/2023Report A9-0164/2024

Committee stage 1 step · 11 Mar 2024

  1. 11 March 2024

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-759950

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 20 Apr 2023–14 Feb 2024

  1. 14 February 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  2. 20 April 2023

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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

Plenary stage 2 steps · 14 Apr 2023–20 Apr 2023

  1. 20 April 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 20 Apr 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0088/2021Report A9-0148/2023

  2. 14 April 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0148/2023

Committee stage 3 steps · 8 Mar 2021–28 Mar 2023

  1. 28 March 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 16 November 2021

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  3. 8 March 2021

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0046
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European Parliament (2026). “Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders”. Dossier. reference 2021/0046(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0046 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2021/0046(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021%2F0046(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0046}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0046},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2021/0046(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021\%2F0046(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}