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Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market

Reference
2022/2198(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands
Parliament adopted the text on 17 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
JURI, CULT
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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) 19 January 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 5 December 2023
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 17 January 2024
  5. Parliament’s position (done) Final

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People

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

Lead committee
Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
Rapporteur
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Virginie JORON (ID), MEP #197635 (S&D) former member, Carlo FIDANZA (ECR), MEP #197668 (Renew) former member, MEP #197645 (Greens) former member, MEP #197527 (The Left) former member
Opinion: JURI
Legal Affairs
Opinion: CULT
Culture and Education · rapporteur Laurence FARRENG (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

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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, 3

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament17 Jan 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0032/2024 TA-9-2024-0032

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary5 Dec 2023

    Report A9-0397/2023 A-9-2023-0397

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft5 Sept 2023

    Draft report (IMCO) IMCO-PR-751902

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

What changed

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Timeline, 7

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

Plenary stage 2 steps · 5 Dec 2023–17 Jan 2024

  1. 17 January 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Jan 2024 Report A9-0397/2023Adopted text TA9-0032/2024

  2. 5 December 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0397/2023

Committee stage 5 steps · 19 Jan 2023–28 Nov 2023

  1. 28 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 5 September 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (IMCO)

  3. 18 July 2023

    CULT (Culture and Education) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (CULT)

  4. 27 April 2023

    Draft opinion from CULT (Culture and Education)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (CULT)

  5. 19 January 2023

    Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-2198
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Virtual worlds  –  opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market”. Dossier. reference 2022/2198(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-2198 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/2198(INI), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F2198(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2022-2198,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Virtual worlds  –  opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-2198}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-2198},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/2198(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F2198(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}