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Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA

Reference: 2023/0250(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 June 2026 and now EU law.
Stage: Published as law
Lead committee: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE

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Rapporteurs: Javier ZARZALEJOS, Lucia YAR
Shadow rapporteurs: 13 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 21 May 2026 · Passed
Versions: 2 versions

Rapporteurs: Javier ZARZALEJOS, Lucia YAR
Shadow rapporteurs: 13 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 21 May 2026 · Passed
Versions: 2 versions

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Where it stands

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Referred to committee (done) 11 September 2023
Committee work (done) Report adopted 14 March 2024
Tabled for plenary (done) 25 March 2024
Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 25 February 2026
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 21 May 2026
Published as law (done) 30 June 2026

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

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Lead committee: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteurs: Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP), Lucia YAR (Renew)
Shadow rapporteurs: Alessandro ZAN (S&D), Anna Maria CISINT (Patriots), Assita KANKO (ECR), Lucia YAR (Renew), Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens), Konstantinos ARVANITIS (The Left), Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT (EPP), Maria NOICHL (S&D), Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN (Patriots), Laurence TROCHU (ECR), Mélissa CAMARA (Greens), Elena KOUNTOURA (The Left), Irmhild BOSSDORF (ESN)

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
21 May 2026	Rights, support and protection of victims of crime	New laws	Passed	440 for, 49 against, 84 abstained by roll call

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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.

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Voting grid of 2023/0250(COD): one row per roll call, one column per group, then the result.
Vote	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	Result
21 May 2026 Final vote on the provisional agreement	For	For	For	For	For	Abst.	Divided	Against	Adopted440–49–84

21 May 2026 Final vote on the provisional agreement

Adopted 440–49–84

The Left

For
Greens

For
S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

Abst.
Patriots

Divided
ESN

Against

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Versions, 2

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

Adopted by Parliament21 May 2026

Adopted text TA10-0188/2026 TA-10-2026-0188

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Tabled for plenary25 Mar 2024

Report A9-0157/2024 A-9-2024-0157

Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Adopted text TA10-0188/2026: Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updates EU rules on victims' rights, support and protection, replacing the 2001 Framework Decision.
Report A9-0157/2024: Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive amends Directive 2012/29/EU on victims' rights, covering reporting, support, protection, and participation in criminal proceedings.

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What changed

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No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 16

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

Outcome 2 steps · 17 Jun 2026–30 Jun 2026

30 June 2026

Published in the Official Journal

The act is now EU law.
17 June 2026

Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 12 May 2026–21 May 2026

21 May 2026

Plenary vote

Sitting of 21 May 2026 Adopted text TA10-0188/2026 Report A9-0157/2024
20 May 2026

Debated in plenary

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

Sitting of 20 May 2026 Council / Commission text C9-0303/2023Report A9-0157/2024
12 May – 13 May 2026

136 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

Amendments 1–135 Amendment 136

Negotiations with the Council 7 steps · 11 Apr 2024–25 Feb 2026

25 February 2026

Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

CJ01-AG-784514
10 December 2025

Trilogue meeting

Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
25 June 2025

Trilogue meeting

Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
9 April 2025

Trilogue meeting

Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
5 February 2025

Trilogue meeting

Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
2 December 2024

Trilogue meeting

Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
11 April 2024

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 · 25 Mar 2024

25 March 2024

Report tabled for plenary

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

Report A9-0157/2024

Committee stage 3 steps · 11 Sept 2023–14 Mar 2024

14 March 2024

Committee vote: report adopted

LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
13 November 2023

Draft report published

The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

CJ01-PR-756047
11 September 2023

Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

Connections

Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.

Texts voted on

Text REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA Report A9-0157/2024 21 May 2026

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0250
Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL)
Data source: EP Open Data API: procedure record
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA”. Dossier, 21 May 2026. procId 2023-0250, reference 2023/0250(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0250 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0250(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2023-0250 (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0250,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0250}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0250},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2023-0250, reference 2023/0250(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0250(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}