Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed

Procedure 2023/0226(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 26 Jun 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 17 Jun 2026 (final vote): rejected with 201 votes in favour, 431 against and 29 abstentions.

Reference

2023/0226(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625

Status

Completed, 2nd reading

Lead

ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Associated

AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development (opinion: Veronika Vrecionová (ECR, Czechia))

Shadow rapporteurs

Pascal Canfin (Renew, France)

Earlier terms

Rapporteur: Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden)
Shadows: Anja Hazekamp (The Left, Netherlands), Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany), Christophe Clergeau (S&D, France), Jan Huitema (Renew, Netherlands), Pietro Fiocchi (ECR, Italy), Silvia Sardone (ID, Italy)

Opinions

6 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (A10-0175/2026), 17 Jun 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0175/2026 – Jessica Polfjärd – Proposal to reject the Council position – Am 17= 25=, rejected, 201 for, 431 against, 29 abstentions; plus 17 more roll-call votes

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 21 Apr 2026: Council (Foreign Affairs), Adoption of a Council's position (at first reading) and Adoption of the statement of the Council's reasons: adopted; Member states: 18 for, 6 against, 3 abstentions. Against: Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia; Abstained: Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1. 28 Aug 2023: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

1. 19 Oct 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 25 Oct 2023: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 11 Dec 2023: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
4. 24 Jan 2024: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 29 Jan 2024: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 6 Feb 2024: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
7. 7 Feb 2024: Plenary vote results; Amending a text in plenary; Referral of the matter back to the EP committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
8. 24 Apr 2024: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; EP position at 1st reading
9. 6 May 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (4 times, most recently on 3 Dec 2025)
10. 28 Jan 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible

2nd reading

1. 30 Apr 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 9 Jun 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 15 Jun 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible; Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
4. 17 Jun 2026: Signature; Approval of the Council’s position by the EP at 2nd reading (adoption of the legislative act)
5. 26 Jun 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)