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A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)

Reference
2022/0131(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 April 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions

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) 22 June 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 March 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 13 April 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 13 March 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 30 April 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

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

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE

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, 3

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament13 Mar 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0146/2024 TA-9-2024-0146

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary13 Apr 2023

    Report A9-0140/2023 A-9-2023-0140

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft21 Nov 2022

    Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-738493

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (EMPL), Opinion (EMPL)

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, 13

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

Outcome 2 steps · 24 Apr 2024–30 Apr 2024
  1. 30 April 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 24 April 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 · 12 Mar 2024–13 Mar 2024
  1. 13 March 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 13 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0146/2024Report A9-0140/2023

  2. 12 March 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0163/2022Report A9-0140/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 19 Apr 2023–23 Jan 2024
  1. 23 January 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

  2. 19 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 1 step · 13 Apr 2023
  1. 13 April 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0140/2023

Committee stage 6 steps · 22 Jun 2022–23 Mar 2023
  1. 23 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. 21 March 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    JURI-AL-745456

  3. 24 January 2023

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (EMPL)

  4. 21 November 2022

    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)

  5. 18 October 2022

    Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (EMPL)

  6. 22 June 2022

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

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2022/0131(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0131 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0131(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0131(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2022-0131,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0131}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0131},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0131(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0131(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}