Dossier · Non-legislative procedure
EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia
- Reference
- 2024/0074(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consent
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 March 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Adopted by the Council
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (5)
- Rapporteur
- Karlo RESSLER
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 21 Jan 2025 · Consent given
- Versions
- 3 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) 16 September 2024
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 3 December 2024
- Tabled for plenary (done) 5 December 2024
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 21 January 2025
- Adopted by the Council (done) 13 March 2025
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
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
- Rapporteur
- Karlo RESSLER (EPP)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Murielle LAURENT (S&D), Susanna CECCARDI (Patriots), Alessandro CIRIANI (ECR), Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew), Alice KUHNKE (Greens), Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ (The Left)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2025 | EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia | Consent | Consent given | 505 for, 90 against, 43 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 Jan 2025 Final vote on the draft Council decision
Adopted 505–90–43
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Abst.
Add members’ columns
Versions, 3
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament21 Jan 2025
Adopted text TA10-0001/2025 TA-10-2025-0001
Tabled for plenary5 Dec 2024
Report A10-0027/2024 A-10-2024-0027
Committee draft19 Nov 2024
Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-766612
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0001/2025: Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
- Report A10-0027/2024: Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Serbia on operational activities by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia.
- Draft report (LIBE): The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the status agreement between the EU and Serbia on European Border and Coast Guard Agency operations in Serbia.
What changed, 2
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 A10-0027/2024 → Adopted text TA10-0001/2025
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.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (LIBE) → Report A10-0027/2024
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.
Timeline, 6
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 1 step · 13 Mar 2025
13 March 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps · 5 Dec 2024–21 Jan 2025
21 January 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 21 Jan 2025 Adopted text TA10-0001/2025Report A10-0027/2024
5 December 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps · 16 Sept 2024–3 Dec 2024
3 December 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
19 November 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 September 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
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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). “EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia”. Dossier, 21 January 2025. procId 2024-0074, reference 2024/0074(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0074 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0074(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-0074 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-0074,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{EU/ Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-21},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0074}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0074},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2024-0074, reference 2024/0074(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0074(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}