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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.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 6 October 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 16 October 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 26 October 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 23 April 2024
  6. 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.

Voting grid

Export

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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.

What changed

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Timeline, 19

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

Outcome 2 steps · 27 Nov 2024–12 Dec 2024
  1. 12 December 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 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
  1. 23 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0309/2024Report A9-0306/2023

  2. 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
  1. 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.

    CJ33-AG-759952

  2. 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
  1. 26 October 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0306/2023

Committee stage 12 steps · 6 Oct 2022–16 Oct 2023
  1. 16 October 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 18 July 2023

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (EMPL)

  3. 18 July 2023

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (AFET)

  4. 18 July 2023

    PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (PECH)

  5. 28 June 2023

    DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (DEVE)

  6. 30 May 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    JURI-AL-749170

  7. 10 May 2023

    Draft opinion from PECH (Fisheries)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (PECH)

  8. 28 April 2023

    Draft report published

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

    CJ33-PR-746734

  9. 13 April 2023

    Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (EMPL)

  10. 13 April 2023

    Draft opinion from AFET (Foreign Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (AFET)

  11. 6 March 2023

    Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (DEVE)

  12. 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

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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)}
}