Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement
- Reference
- 2025/0177(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
- Pekka TOVERI, Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 12 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 16 Sept 2026 · Passed
- Versions
- 2 versions
- Opinions from
- 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) 10 July 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 15 December 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 22 December 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 24 June 2026
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 16 September 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
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO
- Rapporteurs
- Pekka TOVERI (EPP), Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON (Renew)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Yannis MANIATIS (S&D), Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ (Patriots), Reinis POZŅAKS (ECR), Lucia YAR (Renew), Hannah NEUMANN (Greens), Merja KYLLÖNEN (The Left), Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ (EPP), Georgia TRAMACERE (S&D), Klara DOSTALOVA (Patriots), Stefano CAVEDAGNA (ECR), Reinier VAN LANSCHOT (Greens), Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left)
- Opinion: ITRE
- Industry, Research and Energy
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) | New laws | Passed | 549 for, 92 against, 27 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 Sept 2026 Final vote on the provisional agreement
Adopted 549–92–27
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Against
Add members’ columns
Versions, 2
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament16 Sept 2026
Adopted text TA10-0292/2026 TA-10-2026-0292
Tabled for plenary22 Dec 2025
Report A10-0275/2025 A-10-2025-0275
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0292/2026: Parliament's position at first reading on a directive amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC to simplify intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and security and defence procurement.
- Report A10-0275/2025: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and on security and defence procurement.
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, 14
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Plenary stage 3 steps · 9 Sept 2026–16 Sept 2026
16 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0292/2026Report A10-0275/2025
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
9 September – 11 September 2026
72 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 · 15 Jul 2026
15 July 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
Negotiations with the Council 6 steps · 21 Jan 2026–24 Jun 2026
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.
10 June 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
18 May 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
24 March 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
26 January 2026
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
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 · 22 Dec 2025
22 December 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps · 10 Jul 2025–15 Dec 2025
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.
23 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
10 July 2025
Referred to the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
- Text REPORT on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement Report A10-0275/2025 16 Sept 2026
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- Dossier Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 2025/0385(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure 9 Jul 2026 Sent back to committee
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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). “Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement”. Dossier, 16 September 2026. procId 2025-0177, reference 2025/0177(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0177 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0177(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0177 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0177,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-16},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0177}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0177},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0177, reference 2025/0177(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0177(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}