Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

2025/0090(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2025/0090(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”; the committee responsible is ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Ongoing: Latest: Referral of the matter back to the EP committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary on 13 Nov 2025. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 13 Nov 2025 (final vote): adopted with 454 votes in favour, 172 against and 19 abstentions.

Reference: 2025/0090(COD)
Type: Ordinary legislative procedure
Status: Ongoing, 1st reading
Lead: ENVI Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion: PECH Fisheries (opinion: Emma Fourreau (The Left, France))
Rapporteur: Michal Wiezik (Renew, Slovakia)
Shadow rapporteurs: Li Andersson (The Left, Finland), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens/EFA, Denmark), Thomas Bajada (S&D, Malta), Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden), Nora Junco García (ECR, Spain), Anne-Sophie Frigout (PfE, France), Marc Jongen (ESN, Germany)
Opinions: 4 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (A10-0205/2025), 13 Nov 2025: final vote, adopted, 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstentions

Timeline

26 Jun 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

7 Jul 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
15 Jul 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4 Aug 2025: Committee tabling an opinion
16 Oct 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
20 Oct 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
22 Oct 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
12 Nov 2025: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
13 Nov 2025: Referral of the matter back to the EP committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary; Amending a text in plenary

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.