Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins
- Reference
- 2023/0208(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 10 September 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
More facts (4)
- Rapporteur
- Fernando NAVARRETE ROJAS
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 7 members
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 3 versions
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 13 July 2023
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary (done) 26 June 2026
- Plenary vote (current step) Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council (current step) Trilogue 10 September 2026
- Published as law (to come)
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
- Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Nikos PAPANDREOU (S&D), Auke ZIJLSTRA (Patriots), Stephen Nikola BARTULICA (ECR), Gilles BOYER (Renew), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens), Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left), Rada LAYKOVA (ESN)
Decisions in plenary, 0
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
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.
Tabled for plenary26 Jun 2026
Report A10-0184/2026 A-10-2026-0184
Committee draft3 Nov 2025
Draft report (ECON) ECON-PR-778137
Committee draft11 Jan 2024
Draft report (ECON) ECON-PR-758001
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Report A10-0184/2026: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins. It defines mandatory acceptance at full face value, bans surcharges, and lists exceptions where payees may refuse cash.
- Draft report (ECON): This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a regulation on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins. It adopts a first-reading position with amendments.
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, 9
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps · 8 Jul 2026–10 Sept 2026
10 September 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
13 July 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 July 2026
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step · 26 Jun 2026
26 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps · 13 Jul 2023–23 Jun 2026
23 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
19 December 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
3 November 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
11 January 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 July 2023
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins”. Dossier. reference 2023/0208(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0208 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0208(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0208(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0208,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0208}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0208},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0208(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0208(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}