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Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States

Reference
2024/0048(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consent
Where it stands
Parliament gave its consent on 18 December 2024. The Council can now conclude the act.
Stage
Plenary vote
Lead committee
International Trade INTA
More facts (6)
Rapporteur
Dariusz JOŃSKI
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
PECH, 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) 16 September 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 3 December 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 5 December 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 18 December 2024
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

People

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

Lead committee
International Trade INTA
Opinion: PECH
Fisheries
Opinion: DEVE
Development

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
18 Dec 2024EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga ConsentConsent given545 for, 81 against, 26 abstained by roll call

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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).

  1. Adopted 545–81–26

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Divided
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
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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 Parliament18 Dec 2024

    Adopted text TA10-0068/2024 TA-10-2024-0068

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  2. Tabled for plenary5 Dec 2024

    Report A10-0023/2024 A-10-2024-0023

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  3. Committee draft14 Nov 2024

    Draft report (INTA) INTA-PR-765179

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0068/2024: Parliament gives its consent to the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.
  • Report A10-0023/2024: Parliament gives its consent to the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Pacific States.
  • Draft report (INTA): The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Kingdom of Tonga's accession to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Pacific States, which would integrate Tonga further into regional and global trade.

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What changed, 2

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0023/2024 → Adopted text TA10-0068/2024

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    The versions differ only in formal points: the explanatory statement is removed in the adopted text.

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  2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (INTA) → Report A10-0023/2024

    No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.

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Timeline, 5

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

Plenary stage 2 steps · 5 Dec 2024–18 Dec 2024
  1. 18 December 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 18 Dec 2024 Adopted text TA10-0068/2024Report A10-0023/2024

  2. 5 December 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0023/2024

Committee stage 3 steps · 16 Sept 2024–3 Dec 2024
  1. 3 December 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 14 November 2024

    Draft report published

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

    Draft report (INTA)

  3. 16 September 2024

    Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries), DEVE (Development) 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 (2024). “Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States”. Dossier, 18 December 2024. procId 2024-0048, reference 2024/0048(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0048 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0048(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-0048 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-0048,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-12-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0048}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0048},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2024-0048, reference 2024/0048(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0048(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}