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Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects

Reference
2025/0172(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 16 September 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
More facts (6)
Rapporteurs
Lucia YAR, Henrik DAHL
Shadow rapporteurs
10 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Versions
2 versions
Opinions from
ENVI, ITRE

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) 8 September 2025
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 15 December 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 18 December 2025
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 24 June 2026
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 16 September 2026
  6. 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
Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur MEP #257122 (S&D) former member
Opinion: ITRE
Industry, Research and Energy

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
16 Sept 2026Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed540 for, 105 against, 22 abstained by roll call

Voting grid

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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. Rejected 95–546–22

    The Left
    For
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    Against
    ESN
    For
  2. Adopted 540–105–22

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    Against
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Versions, 2

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament16 Sept 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0291/2026 TA-10-2026-0291

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary18 Dec 2025

    Report A10-0271/2025 A-10-2025-0271

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0291/2026: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation sets common rules to speed up national permit-granting for defence readiness projects.
  • Report A10-0271/2025: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on accelerating permit-granting for defence readiness projects. It sets a 50-working-day limit for permit decisions, allows limited extensions, and requires each member state to set up a single point of contact.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (ENVI)

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, 13

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

Plenary stage 3 steps · 8 Sept 2026–16 Sept 2026
  1. 16 September 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0291/2026Report A10-0271/2025

  2. 15 September 2026

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 15 Sept 2026 Council / Commission text C10-0120/2025Council / Commission text C10-0121/2025Council / Commission text C10-0122/2025Report A10-0271/2025Report A10-0273/2025Report A10-0275/2025

  3. 8 September – 11 September 2026

    65 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–63Amendment 64Amendment 65

Negotiations with the Council 5 steps · 21 Jan 2026–24 Jun 2026
  1. 24 June 2026

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    CJ60-AG-790140

  2. 19 May 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  3. 23 March 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  4. 26 January 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  5. 21 January 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 · 18 Dec 2025
  1. 18 December 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0271/2025

Committee stage 4 steps · 8 Sept 2025–15 Dec 2025
  1. 15 December 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 3 December 2025

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (ENVI)

  3. 28 October 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

    CJ60-AM-778323

  4. 8 September 2025

    Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.

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Sources & citation

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects”. Dossier, 16 September 2026. procId 2025-0172, reference 2025/0172(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0172 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0172(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0172 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0172,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0172}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0172},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0172, reference 2025/0172(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0172(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}