Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law

Procedure 2022/0408(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law”; the committee responsible is JURI (Legal Affairs). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 1 Apr 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 10 Mar 2026 (final vote): adopted with 498 votes in favour, 90 against and 28 abstentions.

Reference

2022/0408(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

JURI Legal Affairs

Opinion

ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs (opinion: René Repasi (S&D, Germany))

Rapporteur

Emil Radev (EPP, Bulgaria)

Shadow rapporteurs

Arash Saeidi (The Left, France), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Greens/EFA, Denmark), René Repasi (S&D, Germany), Jana Toom (Renew, Estonia), Gheorghe Piperea (ECR, Romania), Ton Diepeveen (PfE, Netherlands)

Opinions

6 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (A10-0126/2025), 10 Mar 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0126/2025 – Emil Radev – Provisional agreement – Am 201, adopted, 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstentions; plus 1 more roll-call vote

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 30 Mar 2026: Council (Agriculture and Fisheries), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 22 for, 0 against, 5 abstentions. Abstained: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Spain, Hungary. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

1. 26 Jan 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 25 Jul 2023: Committee tabling an opinion
3. 14 Oct 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
4. 19 Mar 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
5. 20 Mar 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
6. 24 Jun 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
7. 1 Jul 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
8. 9 Jul 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (2 times, most recently on 19 Nov 2025); Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
9. 11 Dec 2025: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
10. 9 Mar 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
11. 10 Mar 2026: EP position at 1st reading
12. 30 Mar 2026: Signature
13. 1 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)