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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws

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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws

Report A-10-2026-0203 · 10619/2025 – C100076/2026 – 2025/0111(NLE)

Kind
Plenary report A-10-2026-0203
Date
15 July 2026
Committee
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur
Eero Heinäluoma
Dossier
2025/0111(NLE)
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Voted
  • 16 Sept 2026 Consent given 640 for, 5 against, 26 abstained
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CONC, EXT
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10619/2025 – C100076/2026 – 2025/0111(NLE)
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Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws. The agreement concerns cooperation on the application of the two sides' competition laws. The Council requested Parliament's consent for the conclusion of the agreement.

Position. The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on cooperation in applying their respective competition laws.
  2. The agreement is the draft Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws.
  3. The Council submitted the request for consent in accordance with Articles 103 and 352 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), and Article 218(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
  4. The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs recommended that Parliament give its consent.

Who is affected

  • The European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, whose competition law authorities would cooperate under the agreement.
  • The Council, which requested Parliament's consent for the conclusion of the agreement.

Legal basis. Articles 103 and 352 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), and Article 218(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(10619/2025 – C100076/2026 – 2025/0111(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (10619/2025),

–having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws (10616/2025),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 103 and 352 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), and Article 218(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C100076/2026),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4), and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A10-0203/2026),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Back matter, 1

Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.

Annex: declaration of input 1 block

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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Procedure – committee responsible 1 block
Table from the text: Title
TitleAgreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their competition laws
References10619/2025 – C10-0076/2026 – 2025/0111(NLE)
Date of consultation or request for consent6.3.2026
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenaryECON 25.3.2026
Rapporteurs Date appointedEero Heinäluoma 24.3.2026
Discussed in committee2.7.2026
Date adopted15.7.2026
Result of final vote+: –: 0:54 0 2
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 blocks

54 · For

ECR
Stephen Nikola Bartulica, Giovanni Crosetto, Marlena Maląg, Denis Nesci, Ruggero Razza, Antonella Sberna, Mariateresa Vivaldini
No group
Fabio De Masi, Fernand Kartheiser
EPP
Georgios Aftias, Stefan Berger, Daniel Buda, Marco Falcone, Markus Ferber, Dirk Gotink, Michalis Hadjipantela, Monika Hohlmeier, Kinga Kollár, Luděk Niedermayer, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Jüri Ratas, Paulius Saudargas, Andreas Schwab
Patriots
Mireia Borrás Pabón, Enikő Győri, Jaroslav Knot, Tomáš Kubín, Pierre Pimpie, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Auke Zijlstra
Renew
Gilles Boyer, Engin Eroglu, Billy Kelleher, Ľudovít Ódor, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
S&D
Matthias Ecke, Jonás Fernández, Claire Fita, Isilda Gomes, Eero Heinäluoma, Aurore Lalucq, Marit Maij, Nikos Papandreou, René Repasi, Günther Sidl, Carla Tavares
The Left
Martin Günther, Gaetano Pedulla', Jussi Saramo, Pasquale Tridico
Greens
Rasmus Andresen, Damian Boeselager, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Marie Toussaint

0 · Against

2 · Abstained

ESN
Siegbert Frank Droese, Rada Laykova

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European Parliament (2026). “RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws”. Text, 16 September 2026. docId A-10-2026-0203, reference A10-0203/2026, procId 2025-0111. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0203 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0203_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2026-0203 (CC BY 4.0).
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0203}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0203},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. docId A-10-2026-0203, reference A10-0203/2026, procId 2025-0111. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0203\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
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