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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans

Reference
2023/0397(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 24 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Foreign Affairs AFET
More facts (5)
Rapporteurs
Tonino PICULA, Karlo RESSLER
Shadow rapporteurs
10 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
2 versions
Opinions from
REGI, CONT, INTA

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) 18 January 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 11 March 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 11 March 2024
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 9 April 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 24 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 24 May 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
Foreign Affairs AFET
Shadow rapporteurs
Željana ZOVKO (EPP), MEP #96991 (S&D) former member, MEP #124873 (ECR) former member, Bogdan RZOŃCA (ECR), MEP #125063 (Renew) former member, Fabienne KELLER (Renew), MEP #197451 (Greens) former member, MEP #197645 (Greens) former member, MEP #28586 (The Left) former member, MEP #130833 (The Left) former member
Opinion: REGI
Regional Development · rapporteur MEP #197692 (EPP) former member
Opinion: CONT
Budgetary Control · rapporteur MEP #1892 (EPP) former member
Opinion: INTA
International Trade · rapporteur MEP #96646 (The Left) former member

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, 2

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 TA9-0343/2024 TA-9-2024-0343

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary11 Mar 2024

    Report A9-0085/2024 A-9-2024-0085

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Report A9-0085/2024: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal sets up the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans, a financing instrument for 2024-2027.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (INTA), Opinion (INTA)

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, 14

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

Outcome 2 steps · 14 May 2024–24 May 2024
  1. 24 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 14 May 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 TA9-0343/2024Report A9-0085/2024

  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 C9-0408/2023Report A9-0085/2024

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 14 Mar 2024–9 Apr 2024
  1. 9 April 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    CJ15-AG-760968

  2. 14 March 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 · 11 Mar 2024
  1. 11 March 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0085/2024

Committee stage 7 steps · 18 Jan 2024–11 Mar 2024
  1. 11 March 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 22 February 2024

    Committee opinion adopted

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

    CONT-AL-758991

  3. 19 February 2024

    INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (INTA)

  4. 14 February 2024

    REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (REGI)

  5. 9 February 2024

    Draft report published

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

    CJ15-PR-758888

  6. 24 January 2024

    Draft opinion from INTA (International Trade)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (INTA)

  7. 18 January 2024

    Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), CONT (Budgetary Control), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.

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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). “Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans”. Dossier. reference 2023/0397(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0397 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0397(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0397(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0397}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0397},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0397(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0397(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}