Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee
- Reference
- 2023/0410(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Parliament adopted its position on 21 October 2025. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
More facts (5)
- Rapporteurs
- Emma WIESNER, Pekka TOVERI
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 11 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 21 Oct 2025 · Passed
- Versions
- 2 versions
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 26 February 2024
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 1 October 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 21 October 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (current step) Talks opened 21 October 2025
- 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
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
- Rapporteurs
- Emma WIESNER (Renew), Pekka TOVERI (EPP)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Alexander BERNHUBER (EPP), Marta TEMIDO (S&D), Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN (Patriots), Maria OHISALO (Greens), Per CLAUSEN (The Left), Maria GRAPINI (S&D), Marie DAUCHY (Patriots), Anna ZALEWSKA (ECR), Elsi KATAINEN (Renew), Martin HÄUSLING (Greens), Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group | New laws | Passed | 327 for, 256 against, 58 abstained by roll call |
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).
- 21 Oct 2025 Amendment 22 to Article 1
Rejected 236–395–9
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Divided
- 21 Oct 2025 Amendment 19, adding text after citation 4
Rejected 260–372–10
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
- 21 Oct 2025 Amendment 17 to recital 2
Rejected 198–422–11
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 21 Oct 2025 Final vote
Adopted 327–256–58
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
- 21 Oct 2025 Referral back to committee
Adopted 352–242–40
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- For
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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 Oct 2025
Adopted text TA10-0241/2025 TA-10-2025-0241
Tabled for plenary1 Oct 2025
Report A10-0175/2025 A-10-2025-0175
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0241/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposal to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC renames the Standing Forestry Committee as the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group and updates its tasks and composition.
- Report A10-0175/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposal to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC renames the Standing Forestry Committee as the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group and updates its tasks and composition.
What changed, 1
Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0175/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0241/2025
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The only substantive change clarifies the Commission's duty to consider and respond to expert group opinions. Other changes are formal or wording: removing a consultation, adding footnotes, and punctuation adjustments.
Timeline, 8
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 21 Oct 2025
21 October 2025
Parliament opened negotiations with the Council
After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 3 steps · 1 Oct 2025–21 Oct 2025
21 October 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 21 Oct 2025 Adopted text TA10-0241/2025Report A10-0175/2025
14 October – 17 October 2025
22 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
1 October 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps · 26 Feb 2024–23 Sept 2025
23 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
24 February 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
22 January 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
26 February 2024
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee”. Dossier, 21 October 2025. procId 2023-0410, reference 2023/0410(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0410 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0410(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2023-0410 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0410,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-10-21},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0410}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0410},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2023-0410, reference 2023/0410(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0410(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}