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European cross-border associations

Reference
2023/0315(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 13 March 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Sergey LAGODINSKY
Shadow rapporteurs
8 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
IMCO, LIBE

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) 2 October 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 13 February 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 27 February 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 13 March 2024
  5. Negotiations with the Council (to come)
  6. 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
Legal Affairs JURI
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #125706 (EPP) former member, Maravillas ABADÍA JOVER (EPP), Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR (S&D), Lara WOLTERS (S&D), MEP #197585 (Renew) former member, Jana TOOM (Renew), Mario FURORE (The Left), Manon AUBRY (The Left)
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens)
Opinion: LIBE
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

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

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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 Parliament13 Mar 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0147/2024 TA-9-2024-0147

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary27 Feb 2024

    Report A9-0062/2024 A-9-2024-0062

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft21 Nov 2023

    Draft report (JURI) JURI-PR-756270

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0147/2024: Parliament's amended version of a proposed directive creates a legal form called the European cross-border association (ECBA) in every member state.
  • Report A9-0062/2024: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on European cross-border associations creates a legal form, the 'European cross-border association' (ECBA), recognised automatically in all member states.

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What changed

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Timeline, 8

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

Plenary stage 3 steps · 27 Feb 2024–13 Mar 2024
  1. 13 March 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 13 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0147/2024Report A9-0062/2024

  2. 12 March 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 12 Mar 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0326/2023Report A9-0062/2024

  3. 27 February 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0062/2024

Committee stage 5 steps · 2 Oct 2023–13 Feb 2024
  1. 13 February 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 11 December 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (JURI)

  3. 4 December 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    IMCO-AL-754738

  4. 21 November 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (JURI)

  5. 2 October 2023

    Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.

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Sources & citation

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “European cross-border associations”. Dossier. reference 2023/0315(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0315 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0315(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0315(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European cross-border associations}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0315}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0315},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0315(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0315(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}