Detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004

2023/0124(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2023/0124(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 2 Mar 2026.

Reference
2023/0124(COD)
Type
Ordinary legislative procedure
Status
Completed, 2nd reading
Lead
ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Associated
IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection (opinion: Maria da Graça Carvalho (EPP, Portugal))
Opinion
ITRE Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Majdouline Sbai (Greens/EFA, France)
Shadow rapporteurs
Christel Schaldemose (S&D, Denmark)
Earlier terms
Rapporteur: Manuela Ripa (Greens/EFA, Germany)
Shadows: Anja Hazekamp (The Left, Netherlands), Maria Arena (S&D, Belgium), Martin Hojsík (Renew, Slovakia), Francesca Peppucci (EPP, Italy), Alexandr Vondra (ECR, Czechia), Danilo Oscar Lancini (ID, Italy)
Opinions
4 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Votes in the Council of the EU

  • 8 Dec 2025: Council (Justice and Home Affairs), Adoption of a Council's position (at first reading): adopted; Member states: 25 for, 2 against, 0 abstentions. Against: Germany, Italy. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

  1. 1 Jun 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 14 Jun 2023: Appointment of a rapporteur
  3. 2 Oct 2023: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  4. 24 Jan 2024: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  5. 14 Feb 2024: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  6. 16 Feb 2024: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  7. 26 Feb 2024: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
  8. 27 Feb 2024: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; EP position at 1st reading
  9. 12 Sep 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
  10. 28 Jan 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (3 times, most recently on 10 Jun 2025)
  11. 15 Jul 2025: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible

2nd reading

  1. 12 Dec 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  2. 18 Dec 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
  3. 19 Jan 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible; Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  4. 22 Jan 2026: Plenary vote results (agenda); Approval of the Council’s position by the EP at 2nd reading (adoption of the legislative act)
  5. 11 Feb 2026: Signature
  6. 2 Mar 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.