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Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the one part, and the European Union of the other Part

Reference
2023/0338(NLE) Non-legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 1 July 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Adopted by the Council
Lead committee
International Trade INTA
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #28429
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
AGRI, DEVE

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) 25 January 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 24 January 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 29 January 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 29 February 2024
  5. Adopted by the Council (done) 1 July 2024

A decision the Council takes on its own. Depending on the Treaty article, Parliament either gives its consent — accepting or rejecting the text without amending it — or is consulted and gives an opinion.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
International Trade INTA
Rapporteur
MEP #28429 (EPP) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
Udo BULLMANN (S&D), Dominik TARCZYŃSKI (ECR), MEP #197868 (Renew) former member, Saskia BRICMONT (Greens), MEP #96646 (The Left) former member
Opinion: AGRI
Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS (EPP)
Opinion: DEVE
Development · rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP)

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, 3

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament29 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0110/2024 TA-9-2024-0110

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary29 Jan 2024

    Report A9-0012/2024 A-9-2024-0012

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft6 Nov 2023

    Draft report (INTA) INTA-PR-753762

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

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.

Outcome 1 step · 1 Jul 2024
  1. 1 July 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 29 Jan 2024–29 Feb 2024
  1. 29 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 29 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0110/2024Report A9-0012/2024

  2. 29 January 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0012/2024

Committee stage 6 steps · 6 Nov 2023–25 Jan 2024
  1. 25 January 2024

    Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), DEVE (Development) give an opinion.

  2. 24 January 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  3. 24 January 2024

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    AGRI-AL-758151

  4. 7 December 2023

    DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (DEVE)

  5. 30 November 2023

    Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (DEVE)

  6. 6 November 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (INTA)

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the one part, and the European Union of the other Part”. Dossier. reference 2023/0338(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0338 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0338(NLE), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0338(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0338,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the one part, and the European Union of the other Part}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0338}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0338},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0338(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0338(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}