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Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities

Reference
2023/0311(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 November 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #197766
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
FEMM, IMCO, PETI

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 October 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 11 January 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 12 January 2024
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 14 November 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
Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
Rapporteur
MEP #197766 (Renew) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
David CASA (EPP), MEP #237224 (S&D) former member, Katrin LANGENSIEPEN (Greens), MEP #197544 (ECR) former member, MEP #197611 (ID) former member, MEP #88715 (The Left) former member
Opinion: FEMM
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT (EPP)
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens)
Opinion: PETI
Petitions · rapporteur Dolors MONTSERRAT (EPP)

Decisions in plenary, 0

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

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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 Parliament24 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0339/2024 TA-9-2024-0339

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary12 Jan 2024

    Report A9-0003/2024 A-9-2024-0003

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft30 Oct 2023

    Draft report (EMPL) EMPL-PR-754831

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Report A9-0003/2024: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (FEMM), Draft opinion (TRAN), Opinion (TRAN), Draft opinion (FEMM)

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Timeline, 18

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

Outcome 2 steps · 23 Oct 2024–14 Nov 2024
  1. 14 November 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 23 October 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

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

Plenary stage 2 steps · 23 Apr 2024–24 Apr 2024
  1. 24 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0339/2024Report A9-0003/2024

  2. 23 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0328/2023Council / Commission text C9-0398/2023Report A9-0003/2024Report A9-0059/2024

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 17 Jan 2024–19 Mar 2024
  1. 19 March 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    EMPL-AG-759638

  2. 17 January 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 · 12 Jan 2024
  1. 12 January 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0003/2024

Committee stage 11 steps · 19 Oct 2023–11 Jan 2024
  1. 11 January 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 7 December 2023

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (TRAN)

  3. 4 December 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    IMCO-AL-755013

  4. 30 November 2023

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (FEMM)

  5. 29 November 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    PETI-AL-755985

  6. 23 November 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (EMPL)

  7. 20 November 2023

    Draft opinion from FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (FEMM)

  8. 9 November 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (EMPL)

  9. 8 November 2023

    Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (TRAN)

  10. 30 October 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (EMPL)

  11. 19 October 2023

    Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), PETI (Petitions) give an opinion.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities”. Dossier. reference 2023/0311(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0311 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0311(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0311(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0311,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0311}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0311},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0311(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0311(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}