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Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector

Reference
2023/0155(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 2 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Transport and Tourism TRAN
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
MEP #124726
Shadow rapporteurs
5 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 June 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 16 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 21 November 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 13 March 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 2 May 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
Transport and Tourism TRAN
Rapporteur
MEP #124726 (EPP) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197742 (S&D) former member, Roberts ZĪLE (ECR), MEP #190519 (Renew) former member, MEP #197654 (Greens) former member, Kateřina KONEČNÁ (The Left)

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 Parliament13 Mar 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0150/2024 TA-9-2024-0150

    Compare with adopted by parliament

  2. Adopted by Parliament12 Dec 2023

    Adopted text TA9-0453/2023 TA-9-2023-0453

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  3. Tabled for plenary21 Nov 2023

    Report A9-0370/2023 A-9-2023-0370

    Compare with committee draft

  4. Committee draft12 Sept 2023

    Draft report (TRAN) TRAN-PR-752842

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

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, 13

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

Outcome 2 steps · 24 Apr 2024–2 May 2024
  1. 2 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 24 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 1 step · 13 Mar 2024
  1. 13 March 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 13 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0150/2024Report A9-0370/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 12 Dec 2023–14 Feb 2024
  1. 14 February 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    TRAN-AG-759023

  2. 12 December 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 · 21 Nov 2023–12 Dec 2023
  1. 12 December 2023

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 12 Dec 2023 Adopted text TA9-0453/2023Council / Commission text C9-0178/2023Report A9-0370/2023

  2. 11 December 2023

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 11 Dec 2023 Council / Commission text C9-0178/2023Report A9-0370/2023

  3. 21 November 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0370/2023

Committee stage 5 steps · 1 Jun 2023–16 Nov 2023
  1. 16 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 25 October 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. 12 September 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (TRAN)

  4. 11 September 2023

    Draft opinion from EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (EMPL)

  5. 1 June 2023

    Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector”. Dossier. reference 2023/0155(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0155 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0155(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0155(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards minimum requirements on minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods in the occasional passenger transport sector}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0155}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0155},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0155(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0155(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}