Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union

2023/0437(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2023/0437(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union”; the committee responsible is TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Ongoing: Latest: EP position at 1st reading on 20 Oct 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 20 Oct 2026 (final vote): adopted with 652 votes in favour, 2 against and 8 abstentions.

Reference: 2023/0437(COD)
Type: Ordinary legislative procedure
Official title: Amending Regulations (EC) No 261/2004, (EC) No 1107/2006, (EU) No 1177/2010, (EU) No 181/2011 and (EU) 2021/782 as regards enforcement of passenger rights in the Union
Status: Ongoing, 1st reading
Lead: TRAN Transport and Tourism
Opinion: EMPL Employment and Social Affairs
IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection (opinion: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew, Ireland))
JURI Legal Affairs
LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Matteo Ricci (S&D, Italy)
Shadow rapporteurs: Arash Saeidi (The Left, France), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Greens/EFA, Spain), Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Renew, Germany), Andrey Novakov (EPP, Bulgaria), Kosma Złotowski (ECR, Poland), Vilis Krištopans (PfE, Latvia)
Opinions: 6 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union (A10-0136/2025), 20 Oct 2026: final vote, adopted, 652 for, 2 against, 8 abstentions

Timeline

1st reading

8 Feb 2024: Proposal referred to plenary
16 Sep 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
20 Feb 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
20 May 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
24 Jun 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
4 Jul 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
9 Jul 2025: Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
15 Oct 2025: Interinstitutional negotiation (3 times, most recently on 25 Jun 2026)
2 Sep 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
20 Oct 2026: EP position at 1st reading

All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. 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.