Amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

Procedure 2022/0344(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 20 Apr 2026.

Reference

2022/0344(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion

AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development (opinion: Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany))
BUDG Budgets
ITRE Industry, Research and Energy (opinion: Lina Gálvez (S&D, Spain))
PECH Fisheries

Rapporteur

Javi López (S&D, Spain)

Shadow rapporteurs

Per Clausen (The Left, Denmark), Kai Tegethoff (Greens/EFA, Germany), Michal Wiezik (Renew, Slovakia), Hildegard Bentele (EPP, Germany), Pietro Fiocchi (ECR, Italy), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE, Spain)

Earlier terms

Rapporteur: Milan Brglez (S&D, Slovenia)
Shadows: Marina Mesure (The Left, France), Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA, Finland), Róża Thun und Hohenstein (Renew, Poland), Dace Melbārde (EPP, Latvia), Karol Karski (ECR, Poland), Rosanna Conte (ID, Italy)

Opinions

10 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 17 Feb 2026: Council (Economic and Financial Affairs), Adoption of a Council's position (at first reading) and Adoption of the statement of the Council's reasons: adopted; Member states: 25 for, 0 against, 2 abstentions. Abstained: Bulgaria, Poland. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1. 11 Jan 2023: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

1. 19 Jan 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 20 Feb 2023: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 23 May 2023: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
4. 12 Jun 2023: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
5. 27 Jun 2023: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
6. 12 Jul 2023: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
7. 11 Sep 2023: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
8. 12 Sep 2023: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; Amending a text in plenary; Referral of the matter back to the EP committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
9. 24 Apr 2024: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; EP position at 1st reading
10. 12 Sep 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
11. 28 Jan 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (4 times, most recently on 23 Sep 2025)
12. 20 Oct 2025: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible

2nd reading

1. 9 Mar 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
2. 12 Mar 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
3. 17 Mar 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
4. 18 Mar 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
5. 26 Mar 2026: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; Approval of the Council’s position by the EP at 2nd reading (adoption of the legislative act) (agenda)
6. 30 Mar 2026: Signature
7. 20 Apr 2026: Publication in the Official Journal

• All procedures

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)