Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan
- Reference
- 2025/0103(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 December 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
More facts (6)
- Rapporteur
- Rihards KOLS
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 7 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 16 Dec 2025 · Passed
- Versions
- 3 versions
- Opinions from
- SEDE, TRAN
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 June 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 September 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 30 September 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 20 November 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 16 December 2025
- Published as law (done) 22 December 2025
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
- Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
- Rapporteur
- Rihards KOLS (ECR)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Wouter BEKE (EPP), Bruno GONÇALVES (S&D), Pierre-Romain THIONNET (Patriots), Morten LØKKEGAARD (Renew), Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens), Jussi SARAMO (The Left), Marcin SYPNIEWSKI (ESN)
- Opinion: SEDE
- Security and Defence · rapporteur Thijs REUTEN (S&D)
- Opinion: TRAN
- Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Marjan ŠAREC (Renew)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan | New laws | Passed | 519 for, 119 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).
- 16 Dec 2025 Final vote on the provisional agreement
Adopted 519–119–25
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Against
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 Parliament16 Dec 2025
Adopted text TA10-0320/2025 TA-10-2025-0320
Tabled for plenary30 Sept 2025
Report A10-0172/2025 A-10-2025-0172
Committee draft18 Jun 2025
Draft report (ITRE) ITRE-PR-774253
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0320/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation incentivises defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan, amending several EU funding regulations.
- Report A10-0172/2025: Parliament's amended version of a Commission proposal to amend six EU programmes so the EU budget can fund defence-related investments under the ReArm Europe Plan.
- Draft report (ITRE): The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's regulation to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget under the ReArm Europe Plan. It expands STEP to include defence and security technologies, opens the EIC Accelerator to dual-use actions, and allows voluntary reallocation of unspent RRF resources to defence instruments.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG), Opinion (TRAN), Opinion (SEDE), Draft opinion (SEDE), Opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (TRAN)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.
Timeline, 20
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 19 Dec 2025–22 Dec 2025
22 December 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
19 December 2025
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 3 steps · 9 Dec 2025–16 Dec 2025
16 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0320/2025Report A10-0172/2025
15 December 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 15 Dec 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0070/2025Report A10-0172/2025
9 December – 10 December 2025
5 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Committee stage 1 step · 3 Dec 2025
3 December 2025
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
Negotiations with the Council 3 steps · 8 Oct 2025–20 Nov 2025
20 November 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
5 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
8 October 2025
Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
Plenary stage 1 step · 30 Sept 2025
30 September 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 10 steps · 21 May 2025–23 Sept 2025
23 September 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
16 July 2025
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 July 2025
SEDE (Security and Defence) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
16 July 2025
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
2 July 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
18 June 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 June 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; SEDE (Security and Defence), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.
13 June 2025
Draft opinion from SEDE (Security and Defence)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
6 June 2025
Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
21 May 2025
Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
- Text REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan Report A10-0172/2025 16 Dec 2025
Dossiers sharing a running issue
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- Dossier United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure 2025/2901(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject 9 Oct 2025 Adopted
- Dossier Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 2024/2082(INI) · Own-initiative report 2 Apr 2025 Adopted
- Dossier Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry 2025/0176(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure 16 Sept 2026 Passed
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). “Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan”. Dossier, 16 December 2025. procId 2025-0103, reference 2025/0103(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0103 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0103(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0103 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-16},
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url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0103},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0103, reference 2025/0103(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0103(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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