Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
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
- Last vote
- 17 Dec 2025 · Passed
- 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.
- Referred to committee (done) 8 September 2025
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 16 October 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 17 October 2025
- Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 15 December 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 17 December 2025
- 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
- Rapporteurs
- Inese VAIDERE (EPP), Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Francisco ASSIS (S&D), Rihards KOLS (ECR), Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ (Renew), Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens), Danilo DELLA VALLE (The Left), Markus BUCHHEIT (ESN), Andrea WECHSLER (EPP), Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN (S&D), Raffaele STANCANELLI (Patriots), Daniel OBAJTEK (ECR), Katri KULMUNI (Renew), Hanna GEDIN (The Left)
- Opinion: IMCO
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Paulius SAUDARGAS (EPP)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2025 | Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies | New laws | Passed | 500 for, 120 against, 32 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).
- 17 Dec 2025 Proposal to reject the text
Rejected 102–517–27
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Against
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 17 Dec 2025 Final vote on the provisional agreement
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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Versions, 2
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament17 Dec 2025
Adopted text TA10-0330/2025 TA-10-2025-0330
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.
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
2 February 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
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
17 December 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 17 Dec 2025 Adopted text TA10-0330/2025Report A10-0195/2025
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
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.
Plenary stage 1 step · 10 Dec 2025
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
2 December 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
20 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
6 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
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
17 October 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps · 14 Jul 2025–16 Oct 2025
16 October 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
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.
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.
23 July – 24 July 2025
Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
14 July 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
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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
- 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)}
}