Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes

Procedure 2023/0376(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes”; the committee responsible is IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 30 Dec 2025. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 16 Dec 2025 (roll-call vote): rejected with 122 votes in favour, 470 against and 69 abstentions.

Reference

2023/0376(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828

Status

Completed, 2nd reading

Lead

IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion

JURI Legal Affairs
TRAN Transport and Tourism (opinion: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (EPP, Portugal))

Shadow rapporteurs

Hanna Gedin (The Left, Sweden), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew, France), Inese Vaidere (EPP, Latvia), Gheorghe Piperea (ECR, Romania), Filip Turek (PfE, Czechia)

Earlier terms

Rapporteur: Laura Ballarín Cereza (S&D, Spain)
Shadows: Katrin Langensiepen (Greens/EFA, Germany), Dita Charanzová (Renew, Czechia), Antonius Manders (EPP, Netherlands), Adam Bielan (ECR, Poland)

Opinions

4 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (A10-0249/2025), 16 Dec 2025: roll-call vote, rejected, 122 for, 470 against, 69 abstentions

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 17 Nov 2025: Council (General Affairs), Adoption of a Council's position (at first reading) and Adoption of the statement of the Council's reasons: adopted; Member states: 27 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions. All 27 member states in favour. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1. 10 Nov 2023: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

1. 20 Nov 2023: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 20 Dec 2023: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 17 Jan 2024: Committee tabling an opinion
4. 14 Feb 2024: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
5. 22 Feb 2024: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
6. 26 Feb 2024: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
7. 11 Mar 2024: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
8. 13 Mar 2024: Vote in European Parliament plenary sitting; EP position at 1st reading with amendments
9. 20 Feb 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (3 times, most recently on 26 Jun 2025)
10. 25 Sep 2025: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible

2nd reading

1. 27 Nov 2025: Proposal referred to plenary; Parliamentary committee tabling report
2. 4 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
3. 5 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
4. 16 Dec 2025: Signature; Approval of the Council’s position by the EP at 2nd reading (adoption of the legislative act)
5. 30 Dec 2025: 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)