Dossier · Own-initiative report

Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents

Reference: 2025/2086(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 25 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage: Parliament’s position
Lead committee: Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI

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Authors: Alexander BERNHUBER, Anna STROLENBERG
Shadow rapporteurs: 11 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 25 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Versions: 2 versions

Authors: Alexander BERNHUBER, Anna STROLENBERG
Shadow rapporteurs: 11 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 25 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Versions: 2 versions

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Where it stands

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Referred to committee (done) 8 May 2025
Committee work (done) Report adopted 4 November 2025
Tabled for plenary (done) 14 November 2025
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 25 November 2025
Parliament’s position (done) Final

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People

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Lead committee: Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI
Authors: Alexander BERNHUBER (EPP), Anna STROLENBERG (Greens)
Shadow rapporteurs: Christophe CLERGEAU (S&D), Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT (Patriots), Laurence TROCHU (ECR), Jeannette BALJEU (Renew), Majdouline SBAI (Greens), Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left), Anja ARNDT (ESN), Stefan KÖHLER (EPP), Annalisa CORRADO (S&D), Benoit CASSART (Renew), MEP #256961 (The Left) former member

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.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
25 Nov 2025	Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents	Resolutions	Adopted	590 for, 28 against, 32 abstained by roll call

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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).

Voting grid of 2025/2086(INI): one row per roll call, one column per group, then the result.
Vote	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	Result
25 Nov 2025 Final vote — text as a whole	Divided	For	For	For	For	For	For	For	Adopted590–28–32

25 Nov 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

Adopted 590–28–32

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Greens

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S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For

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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 Parliament25 Nov 2025

Adopted text TA10-0284/2025 TA-10-2025-0284

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Tabled for plenary14 Nov 2025

Report A10-0234/2025 A-10-2025-0234

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Adopted text TA10-0284/2025: Parliament calls on the Commission to establish an EU-wide legal definition of biological control solutions and a framework for faster approval and authorisation, including targeted revision of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Report A10-0234/2025: This resolution calls on the Commission to establish an EU-wide legal definition of biological control solutions and a framework for faster approval and authorisation, including tailored risk assessment, mutual recognition, and fast-track procedures.

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What changed, 1

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Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0234/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0284/2025

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Timeline, 7

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Plenary stage 3 steps · 14 Nov 2025–25 Nov 2025

25 November 2025

Plenary vote

Sitting of 25 Nov 2025 Report A10-0234/2025 Adopted text TA10-0284/2025
24 November 2025

Debated in plenary

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

Sitting of 24 Nov 2025 Report A10-0234/2025
14 November 2025

Report tabled for plenary

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Report A10-0234/2025

Committee stage 4 steps · 8 May 2025–4 Nov 2025

4 November 2025

Committee vote: report adopted

AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
23 July 2025

Amendments tabled in committee

Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.

CJ14-AM-775563
16 June 2025

Draft report published

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

CJ14-PR-774306
8 May 2025

Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee

The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Text REPORT on ensuring the faster registration and uptake of biological control agents Report A10-0234/2025 25 Nov 2025

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2086
Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL)
Data source: EP Open Data API: procedure record
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents”. Dossier, 25 November 2025. procId 2025-2086, reference 2025/2086(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2086 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2086(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2086 (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-dossier-2025-2086,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-25},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2086}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2086},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-2086, reference 2025/2086(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F2086(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}