Generalised scheme of tariff preferences

2021/0297(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2021/0297(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Generalised scheme of tariff preferences”; the committee responsible is INTA (International Trade). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 22 Jun 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 28 Apr 2026 (final vote): adopted with 459 votes in favour, 127 against and 70 abstentions.

Reference
2021/0297(COD)
Type
Ordinary legislative procedure
Official title
Applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Status
Completed, 1st reading
Lead
INTA International Trade
Associated
AFET Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur
Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany)
Shadow rapporteurs
Lynn Boylan (The Left, Ireland), Majdouline Sbai (Greens/EFA, France), Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D, France), Karin Karlsbro (Renew, Sweden), Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spain), Daniele Polato (ECR, Italy), Enikő Győri (PfE, Hungary)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

  • Generalised scheme of tariff preferences (A9-0147/2022), 28 Apr 2026: final vote, main vote: A9-0147/2022 – Bernd Lange – Commission proposal, adopted, 459 for, 127 against, 70 abstentions; plus 8 more roll-call votes

Votes in the Council of the EU

  • 22 May 2026: Council (Foreign Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 22 for, 3 against, 2 abstentions. Against: Greece, Spain, Italy; Abstained: Belgium, Portugal. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

  1. 4 Oct 2021: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 25 Nov 2021: Committee tabling an opinion
  3. 7 Dec 2021: Committee tabling an opinion
  4. 6 Jan 2022: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  5. 2 Feb 2022: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  6. 3 May 2022: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  7. 17 May 2022: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  8. 6 Jun 2022: Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
  9. 7 Apr 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
  10. 17 Jun 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (2 times, most recently on 1 Dec 2025)
  11. 27 Jan 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
  12. 28 Apr 2026: EP position at 1st reading with amendments
  13. 17 Jun 2026: Signature
  14. 22 Jun 2026: Publication in the Official Journal

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.