Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
- Reference
- 2022/0269(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2024 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- International Trade INTA
More facts (5)
- Rapporteurs
- MEP #197868, MEP #197635
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 11 members
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 2 versions
- Opinions from
- DEVE, JURI, PECH
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 6 October 2022
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 16 October 2023
- Tabled for plenary (done) 26 October 2023
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 23 April 2024
- Published as law (done) 12 December 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
- International Trade INTA
- Rapporteurs
- MEP #197868 (Renew) former member, MEP #197635 (S&D) former member
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197610 (ID) former member, Andreas SCHWAB (EPP), Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (ECR), Svenja HAHN (Renew), Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens), Saskia BRICMONT (Greens), MEP #197527 (The Left) former member, Jörgen WARBORN (EPP), Raphaël GLUCKSMANN (S&D), MEP #218349 (ECR) former member, MEP #96646 (The Left) former member
- Opinion: DEVE
- Development · rapporteur MEP #228604 (S&D) former member
- Opinion: JURI
- Legal Affairs · rapporteur Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA (Renew)
- Opinion: PECH
- Fisheries · rapporteur MEP #124835 (Greens) 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.
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.
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Versions, 2
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament23 Apr 2024
Adopted text TA9-0309/2024 TA-9-2024-0309
Tabled for plenary26 Oct 2023
Report A9-0306/2023 A-9-2023-0306
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (DEVE), Opinion (EMPL), Opinion (PECH), Draft opinion (EMPL), Draft opinion (PECH), Draft opinion (AFET), Opinion (DEVE), Opinion (AFET)
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, 19
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 27 Nov 2024–12 Dec 2024
12 December 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
27 November 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 · 22 Apr 2024–23 Apr 2024
23 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0309/2024Report A9-0306/2023
22 April 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 22 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0307/2022Report A9-0306/2023
Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 9 Nov 2023–20 Mar 2024
20 March 2024
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
9 November 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 · 26 Oct 2023
26 October 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 12 steps · 6 Oct 2022–16 Oct 2023
16 October 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
18 July 2023
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
18 July 2023
AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
18 July 2023
PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
28 June 2023
DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
30 May 2023
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
10 May 2023
Draft opinion from PECH (Fisheries)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
28 April 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 April 2023
Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
13 April 2023
Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
6 March 2023
Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
6 October 2022
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development), JURI (Legal Affairs), PECH (Fisheries) give an opinion.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market”. Dossier. reference 2022/0269(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0269 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0269(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0269(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0269}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0269},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0269(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0269(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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