Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplifying measures
- Reference
- 2025/0131(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 2 July 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
More facts (5)
- Rapporteurs
- Mariateresa VIVALDINI, Kristian VIGENIN
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 11 members
- Decisions in plenary
- None yet
- Versions
- 1 version
- Opinions from
- IMCO, ITRE
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 7 July 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 25 February 2026
- Tabled for plenary (done) 27 February 2026
- Plenary vote (current step) Awaiting the vote
- Negotiations with the Council (current step) Deal approved in committee 2 July 2026
- Published as law (to come)
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
- Economic and Monetary Affairs ECON
- Rapporteurs
- Mariateresa VIVALDINI (ECR), Kristian VIGENIN (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA (EPP), Thomas BAJADA (S&D), Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN (Patriots), Ľudovít ÓDOR (Renew), Jussi SARAMO (The Left), Lukas MANDL (EPP), Fabrice LEGGERI (Patriots), Sebastian TYNKKYNEN (ECR), Ana VASCONCELOS (Renew), Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens), Pernando BARRENA ARZA (The Left)
- Opinion: IMCO
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Cynthia NÍ MHURCHÚ (Renew)
- Opinion: ITRE
- Industry, Research and Energy
Decisions in plenary, 0
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.
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Versions, 1
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Tabled for plenary27 Feb 2026
Report A10-0034/2026 A-10-2026-0034
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Report A10-0034/2026: Parliament's amended version of a Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557. It extends certain mitigating measures for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to small mid-cap enterprises (SMCs) and adds further simplification measures.
Committee opinions: Opinion (IMCO)
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier — fewer than two versions of its text are linked in the open data.
Timeline, 10
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps · 11 Mar 2026–2 Jul 2026
2 July 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
3 June 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
13 April 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
11 March 2026
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 · 27 Feb 2026
27 February 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps · 7 Jul 2025–25 Feb 2026
25 February 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
27 January 2026
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
10 December 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
14 November 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
7 July 2025
Referred to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.
Connections
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Sources & citation
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplifying measures”. Dossier. reference 2025/0131(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0131 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2025/0131(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0131(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplifying measures}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0131}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0131},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2025/0131(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0131(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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