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Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC

Reference
2022/0401(APP) Consent procedure · consent
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Adopted by the Council
Lead committee
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions

Where it stands

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  1. Referred to committee (done) 11 March 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 14 March 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 18 March 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 10 April 2024
  5. Adopted by the Council (done) 29 May 2024

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People

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

Lead committee
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #237779 (S&D) former member, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN (ECR), MEP #197547 (Renew) former member, Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN (Greens), MEP #197785 (The Left) former member

Decisions in plenary, 0

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No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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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 Parliament10 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0197/2024 TA-9-2024-0197

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary18 Mar 2024

    Report A9-0128/2024 A-9-2024-0128

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft23 Feb 2024

    Draft report (FEMM) FEMM-PR-759668

What changed

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Timeline, 6

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

Outcome 1 step · 29 May 2024
  1. 29 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 18 Mar 2024–10 Apr 2024
  1. 10 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0197/2024Report A9-0128/2024

  2. 18 March 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0128/2024

Committee stage 3 steps · 23 Feb 2024–14 Mar 2024
  1. 14 March 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 11 March 2024

    Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  3. 23 February 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (FEMM)

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC”. Dossier. reference 2022/0401(APP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0401 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0401(APP), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0401(APP). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Council Directive on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment between persons irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation between persons irrespective of their religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, equal treatment between women and men in matters of social security and in the access to and supply of goods and services, and amending Directives 2000/43/EC and 2004/113/EC}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0401}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0401},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0401(APP). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0401(APP). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}