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Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data

Reference
2023/0450(NLE) Non-legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 May 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Adopted by the Council
Lead committee
International Trade INTA
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
MEP #192635
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
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) 26 February 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 7 March 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 8 March 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 14 March 2024
  5. Adopted by the Council (done) 14 May 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 #192635 (ID) former member
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #28429 (EPP) former member, MEP #125043 (S&D) former member, Sergio BERLATO (ECR), Barry ANDREWS (Renew), MEP #96739 (Greens) former member, MEP #96646 (The Left) former member
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.

Voting grid

Export

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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 Parliament14 Mar 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0168/2024 TA-9-2024-0168

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary8 Mar 2024

    Report A9-0081/2024 A-9-2024-0081

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft3 Jan 2024

    Draft report (INTA) INTA-PR-757871

What changed

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No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 6

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

Outcome 1 step · 14 May 2024
  1. 14 May 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 8 Mar 2024–14 Mar 2024
  1. 14 March 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 14 Mar 2024 Adopted text TA9-0168/2024Report A9-0081/2024

  2. 8 March 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0081/2024

Committee stage 3 steps · 3 Jan 2024–7 Mar 2024
  1. 7 March 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 26 February 2024

    Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) gives an opinion.

  3. 3 January 2024

    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). “Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data”. Dossier. reference 2023/0450(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0450 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0450(NLE), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0450(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0450,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0450}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0450},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0450(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0450(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}