Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
- Reference
- 2025/0555(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- In committee: ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) is preparing the report (draft published 20 April 2026).
- Stage
- First reading
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy 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) 23 October 2025
- Committee work (current step) ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) preparing the report
- Tabled for plenary (to come)
- Plenary vote (to come)
- Negotiations with the Council (to come)
- 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
- Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
- Rapporteurs
- Christian EHLER (EPP), Dan NICA (S&D)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Jana NAGYOVÁ (Patriots), Rihards KOLS (ECR), Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE (Renew), Benedetta SCUDERI (Greens), Marc BOTENGA (The Left), Sarah KNAFO (ESN)
- Opinion: CONT
- Budgetary Control · rapporteur Ondřej KNOTEK (Patriots)
- Opinion: REGI
- Regional Development · rapporteur Dan BARNA (Renew)
- Opinion: EMPL
- Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Grégory ALLIONE (Renew)
- Opinion: ECON
- Economic and Monetary Affairs · rapporteur Danuše NERUDOVÁ (EPP)
- Opinion: SANT
- Public Health · rapporteur Radan KANEV (EPP)
- Opinion: IMCO
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur Regina DOHERTY (EPP)
- Opinion: SEDE
- Security and Defence · rapporteur Riho TERRAS (EPP)
- Opinion: AGRI
- Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Carlo FIDANZA (ECR)
- Opinion: TRAN
- Transport and Tourism
- Opinion: ENVI
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Stine BOSSE (Renew)
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.
Committee draft20 Apr 2026
Draft report (ITRE) ITRE-PR-784506
Committee opinions: Opinion (AGRI), Draft opinion (SEDE), Opinion (CONT), Opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (IMCO), Draft opinion (EMPL), Opinion (SEDE), Opinion (ENVI), Draft opinion (TRAN), Draft opinion (CONT), Opinion (EMPL), Opinion (SANT), Draft opinion (SANT), Draft opinion (ECON), Draft opinion (AGRI), Draft opinion (BUDG), Draft opinion (REGI), Draft opinion (ENVI), Opinion (IMCO), Opinion (ECON), Opinion (BUDG)
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, 13
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Committee stage 13 steps · 23 Oct 2025–23 Jun 2026
23 June 2026
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
18 May – 5 June 2026
Amendments tabled in committee (15 batches)
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
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7 May 2026
IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
REGI (Regional Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
6 May 2026
SANT (Public Health) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 May 2026
ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 May 2026
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 May 2026
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
20 April 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
15 April 2026
CONT (Budgetary Control) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
14 April 2026
SEDE (Security and Defence) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
23 October 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; CONT (Budgetary Control), REGI (Regional Development), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), SANT (Public Health), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), SEDE (Security and Defence), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.
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- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities”. Dossier. reference 2025/0555(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0555 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2025/0555(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0555(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0). BibTeX
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0555}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0555},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. reference 2025/0555(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0555(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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