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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938

Reference
2025/0180(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 2 February 2026 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
International Trade INTA
More facts (6)
Rapporteurs
Inese VAIDERE, Ville NIINISTÖ
Shadow rapporteurs
12 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Versions
2 versions
Opinions from
IMCO

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 16 October 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 17 October 2025
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 15 December 2025
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 17 December 2025
  6. Published as law (done) 2 February 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
International Trade INTA
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Paulius SAUDARGAS (EPP)

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
17 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies New lawsPassed500 for, 120 against, 32 abstained by roll call

Voting grid

Export

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 102–517–27

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
  2. Adopted 500–120–32

    The Left
    Divided
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    Against
    ESN
    Against
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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 2

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament17 Dec 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0330/2025 TA-10-2025-0330

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary17 Oct 2025

    Report A10-0195/2025 A-10-2025-0195

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0330/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938.
  • Report A10-0195/2025: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation phases out Russian natural gas and oil imports, bans LNG terminal services to Russian entities, and improves monitoring of energy dependencies.

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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. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 16

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

Outcome 2 steps · 26 Jan 2026–2 Feb 2026
  1. 2 February 2026

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 26 January 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 · 16 Dec 2025–17 Dec 2025
  1. 17 December 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 17 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0330/2025Report A10-0195/2025

  2. 16 December 2025

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 16 Dec 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0123/2025Report A10-0195/2025

Negotiations with the Council 1 step · 15 Dec 2025
  1. 15 December 2025

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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

    CJ49-AG-781211

Plenary stage 1 step · 10 Dec 2025
  1. 10 December – 15 December 2025

    29 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    Amendment 1Amendment 2Amendments 3–11Amendments 12–21Amendment 22Amendments 22–26Amendment 27Amendment 28

Negotiations with the Council 4 steps · 22 Oct 2025–2 Dec 2025
  1. 2 December 2025

    Trilogue meeting

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

  2. 20 November 2025

    Trilogue meeting

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

  3. 6 November 2025

    Trilogue meeting

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

  4. 22 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 · 17 Oct 2025
  1. 17 October 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0195/2025

Committee stage 5 steps · 14 Jul 2025–16 Oct 2025
  1. 16 October 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 25 September 2025

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (IMCO)

  3. 8 September 2025

    Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) gives an opinion.

  4. 23 July – 24 July 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)

    Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

    CJ49-AM-775764CJ49-AM-775766CJ49-AM-775768

  5. 14 July 2025

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    CJ49-PR-775677

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
28 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938”. Dossier, 17 December 2025. procId 2025-0180, reference 2025/0180(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0180 (retrieved 28 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0180(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0180 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0180,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0180}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0180},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0180, reference 2025/0180(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0180(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}