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Establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals

Reference
2022/0394(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 December 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Lídia PEREIRA
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
4 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) 1 February 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 24 October 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 3 November 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 11 March 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 6 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
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
Shadow rapporteurs
Catherine GRISET (ID), Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens), MEP #197817 (The Left) former member, Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D), Anna ZALEWSKA (ECR), Emma WIESNER (Renew)

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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Versions, 4

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament10 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0195/2024 TA-9-2024-0195

    Compare with adopted by parliament

  2. Adopted by Parliament21 Nov 2023

    Adopted text TA9-0402/2023 TA-9-2023-0402

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  3. Tabled for plenary3 Nov 2023

    Report A9-0329/2023 A-9-2023-0329

    Compare with committee draft

  4. Committee draft10 May 2023

    Draft report (ENVI) ENVI-PR-745292

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

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, 14

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

Outcome 2 steps · 27 Nov 2024–6 Dec 2024
  1. 6 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 1 step · 10 Apr 2024
  1. 10 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0195/2024Report A9-0329/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 21 Nov 2023–11 Mar 2024
  1. 11 March 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    ENVI-AG-759876

  2. 21 November 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 · 3 Nov 2023–21 Nov 2023
  1. 21 November 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 21 Nov 2023 Adopted text TA9-0402/2023Council / Commission text C9-0399/2022Report A9-0329/2023

  2. 20 November 2023

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 20 Nov 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0399/2022Report A9-0329/2023

  3. 3 November 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0329/2023

Committee stage 6 steps · 1 Feb 2023–24 Oct 2023
  1. 24 October 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 30 August 2023

    AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (AGRI)

  3. 28 June 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    ITRE-AL-746892

  4. 10 May 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ENVI)

  5. 12 April 2023

    Draft opinion from AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (AGRI)

  6. 1 February 2023

    Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) 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). “Establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals”. Dossier. reference 2022/0394(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0394 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0394(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0394(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 Union certification framework for carbon removals}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0394}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0394},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0394(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0394(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}