Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
- Reference
- 2024/0319(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 July 2026 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI
More facts (5)
- Rapporteur
- Céline IMART
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 7 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 2
- Last vote
- 16 Jun 2026 · Passed
- Versions
- 4 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) 20 January 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 8 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 12 September 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 8 April 2026
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 16 June 2026
- Published as law (done) 29 July 2026
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
- Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI
- Rapporteur
- Céline IMART (EPP)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Cristina MAESTRE (S&D), Csaba DÖMÖTÖR (Patriots), Bert-Jan RUISSEN (ECR), Barry COWEN (Renew), Anna STROLENBERG (Greens), Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left), Stanislav STOYANOV (ESN)
Decisions in plenary, 2
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2026 | Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain (No. 4, 16 Jun 2026) | New laws | Passed | 560 for, 75 against, 25 abstained by roll call |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain (No. 2, 8 Oct 2025) | New laws | Passed | 532 for, 78 against, 25 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).
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 123 to Article 1
Adopted 516–81–48
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Divided
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- Divided
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 148 to Article 1
Rejected 305–325–12
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 143 to Article 1
Rejected 282–360–3
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 131 to Article 1
Rejected 189–444–11
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Divided
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Separate vote on Article 1
Adopted 488–143–11
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 132 to Article 1
Rejected 170–465–7
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 133 to Article 1
Rejected 144–476–25
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 135 to Article 1
Rejected 213–422–9
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Divided
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 124 to Article 1
Rejected 208–382–53
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 144 to Article 1
Rejected 114–495–33
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 125 to Article 1
Rejected 167–446–28
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 137 to Article 1
Rejected 158–465–12
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Separate vote on Article 1
Adopted 487–134–24
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 138 to Article 1
Rejected 160–461–26
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Divided
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 139 to Article 1
Rejected 136–489–19
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 141 to Article 1
Rejected 177–460–2
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Divided
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 145 to Article 1
Rejected 141–498–3
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 147 to Article 1
Adopted 527–76–41
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- Abst.
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Divided
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 113 to Article 1
Adopted 355–247–30
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Divided
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Divided
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 121, adding text after recital 3
Rejected 172–315–133
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Abst.
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Amendment 146 to recital 15
Rejected 263–299–71
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
- 8 Oct 2025 Final vote
Adopted 532–78–25
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- Divided
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 16 Jun 2026 Final vote on the provisional agreement
Adopted 560–75–25
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
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Versions, 4
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament16 Jun 2026
Adopted text TA10-0199/2026 TA-10-2026-0199
Adopted by Parliament8 Oct 2025
Adopted text TA10-0214/2025 TA-10-2025-0214
Tabled for plenary12 Sept 2025
Report A10-0161/2025 A-10-2025-0161
Committee draft1 Apr 2025
Draft report (AGRI) AGRI-PR-772032
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0199/2026: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending three EU regulations.
- Adopted text TA10-0214/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by regulating terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending written contract requirements, and enhancing producer organisations' bargaining power.
- Report A10-0161/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation strengthens farmers' position in the food supply chain by amending rules on contracts, producer organisations, and market measures.
- Draft report (AGRI): The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation on strengthening farmers' position in the food supply chain, clarifying terms like 'fair' and 'short supply chain', extending negotiation rights to non-recognised producer organisations, and adjusting thresholds.
What changed, 2
Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.
Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0161/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0214/2025
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Adds vinegar to the product list and introduces new rules on public intervention pricing, marketing standards, and hemp import conditions. Changes crisis measures: replaces a proposal for voluntary production reduction with a new article on public procurement sourcing EU products, and adds a separate article on production reduction. Limits sustainability objectives in competition derogations to one point and changes delivery and payment timing in contracts. Removes a justification section from the report. The other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, typos, and rephrasing.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (AGRI) → Report A10-0161/2025
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Adds requirements for prior consent of farmers for fair and short supply chain terms, and extends definitions to include cooperatives and producer organisations. Extends written contract obligations to all milk deliveries and adds mediation mechanisms, price transparency, and revision clauses. Adds new products (vinegar, sugar, meat) to scope and requires objective criteria for intervention prices and reference thresholds. Adds new recitals on challenges, producer organisations, European preference, and market measures, and modifies existing recitals accordingly. Adds a feasibility study for a Union label on short supply chain products and delegated acts to specify conditions.
Timeline, 18
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 8 Jul 2026–29 Jul 2026
29 July 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
8 July 2026
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps · 10 Jun 2026–16 Jun 2026
16 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Jun 2026 Adopted text TA10-0199/2026Report A10-0161/2025
10 June 2026
1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Negotiations with the Council 6 steps · 8 Oct 2025–8 Apr 2026
8 April 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
5 March 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
10 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
12 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
14 October 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 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 4 steps · 12 Sept 2025–8 Oct 2025
8 October 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Oct 2025 Adopted text TA10-0214/2025Report A10-0161/2025
7 October 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 7 Oct 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0086/2025Council / Commission text C10-0209/2024Report A10-0161/2025Report A10-0164/2025
1 October – 3 October 2025
149 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendments 1–120Amendments 121–126Amendments 127–129Amendments 130–139Amendments 140–145Amendment 142Amendment 146Amendments 147–148
12 September 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 · 20 Jan 2025–8 Sept 2025
8 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
13 May 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
1 April 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
20 January 2025
Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) 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 (2026). “Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain”. Dossier, 16 June 2026. procId 2024-0319, reference 2024/0319(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0319?grid=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0319(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-0319 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-06-16},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0319?grid=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0319?grid=all},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2024-0319, reference 2024/0319(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0319(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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