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Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU

Reference
2023/2184(INL) Legislative initiative
Where it stands
Parliament adopted the text on 17 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Christian EHLER
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
More
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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) 12 July 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 5 December 2023
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 17 January 2024
  5. Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament asks the Commission to propose a law and says what it should contain.

People

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

Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
Rapporteur
Christian EHLER (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D), MEP #221463 (ECR) former member, Ivars IJABS (Renew), MEP #197539 (Greens) former member, MEP #96820 (The Left) former member

Decisions in plenary, 0

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

Voting grid

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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 Parliament17 Jan 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0022/2024 TA-9-2024-0022

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary5 Dec 2023

    Report A9-0393/2023 A-9-2023-0393

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft25 Aug 2023

    Draft report (ITRE) ITRE-PR-751835

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, 5

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

Plenary stage 2 steps · 5 Dec 2023–17 Jan 2024

  1. 17 January 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Jan 2024 Report A9-0393/2023Adopted text TA9-0022/2024

  2. 5 December 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0393/2023

Committee stage 3 steps · 12 Jul 2023–28 Nov 2023

  1. 28 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 25 August 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ITRE)

  3. 12 July 2023

    Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2184
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU”. Dossier. reference 2023/2184(INL). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2184 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/2184(INL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F2184(INL). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-2184,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2184}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2184},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/2184(INL). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F2184(INL). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}