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Establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU

Reference
2022/0277(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 17 April 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Culture and Education CULT
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Sabine VERHEYEN
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
4 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) 17 October 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 7 September 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 12 September 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 24 January 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 13 March 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 17 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
Culture and Education CULT
Rapporteur
Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Catherine GRISET (ID), MEP #96837 (S&D) former member, MEP #197849 (ECR) former member, Irena JOVEVA (Renew), Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens), MEP #130833 (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.

Voting grid

Export

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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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 4

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 TA9-0137/2024 TA-9-2024-0137

    Compare with adopted by parliament

  2. Adopted by Parliament3 Oct 2023

    Adopted text TA9-0336/2023 TA-9-2023-0336

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  3. Tabled for plenary12 Sept 2023

    Report A9-0264/2023 A-9-2023-0264

    Compare with committee draft

  4. Committee draft20 Apr 2023

    Draft report (CULT) CULT-PR-746655

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (LIBE), Opinion (LIBE), Opinion (IMCO), Draft opinion (IMCO)

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, 16

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

Outcome 2 steps · 11 Apr 2024–17 Apr 2024

  1. 17 April 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 11 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 TA9-0137/2024Report A9-0264/2023

  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 C9-0309/2022Report A9-0264/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 3 Oct 2023–24 Jan 2024

  1. 24 January 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    CULT-AG-758148

  2. 3 October 2023

    Parliament opened negotiations with the Council

    After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 3 steps · 12 Sept 2023–3 Oct 2023

  1. 3 October 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 3 Oct 2023 Adopted text TA9-0336/2023Council / Commission text C9-0309/2022Report A9-0264/2023

  2. 3 October 2023

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 3 Oct 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0309/2022Report A9-0264/2023

  3. 12 September 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0264/2023

Committee stage 7 steps · 17 Oct 2022–7 Sept 2023

  1. 7 September 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    CULT (Culture and Education) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 18 July 2023

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (LIBE)

  3. 29 June 2023

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (IMCO)

  4. 20 April 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CULT (Culture and Education). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (CULT)

  5. 18 April 2023

    Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (LIBE)

  6. 3 March 2023

    Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (IMCO)

  7. 17 October 2022

    Referred to the CULT (Culture and Education) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0277
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU”. Dossier. reference 2022/0277(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0277 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0277(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0277(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0277}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0277},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0277(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0277(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}