Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)

2025/0177(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2025/0177(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)”; the committee responsible is IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Completed: Signed on 21 Oct 2026, publication in the Official Journal pending. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 16 Sep 2026 (final vote): adopted with 549 votes in favour, 92 against and 27 abstentions.

Reference
2025/0177(COD)
Type
Ordinary legislative procedure
Official title
Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement
Status
Completed, 1st reading
Lead
IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection
SEDE Security and Defence
Opinion
ITRE Industry, Research and Energy
Parliamentary committee for opinion on legal basis
JURI Legal Affairs (opinion: Maravillas Abadía Jover (EPP, Spain))
Rapporteurs
Pekka Toveri (EPP, Finland), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Renew, Finland)
Shadow rapporteurs
Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left, Ireland), Merja Kyllönen (The Left, Finland), Hannah Neumann (Greens/EFA, Germany), Reinier Van Lanschot (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), Georgia Tramacere (S&D, Italy), Yannis Maniatis (S&D, Greece), Lucia Yar (Renew, Slovakia), Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (EPP, Poland), Reinis Pozņaks (ECR, Latvia), Stefano Cavedagna (ECR, Italy), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (PfE, Czechia), Klara Dostalova (PfE, Czechia)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Votes in the Council of the EU

  • 9 Oct 2026: Council (Economic and Financial Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 26 for, 0 against, 1 abstention. Abstained: Slovakia. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

  1. 10 Jul 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 23 Sep 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
  3. 15 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  4. 22 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  5. 21 Jan 2026: Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
  6. 26 Jan 2026: Interinstitutional negotiation (4 times, most recently on 10 Jun 2026)
  7. 24 Jun 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
  8. 15 Jul 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  9. 15 Sep 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting
  10. 16 Sep 2026: EP position at 1st reading
  11. 21 Oct 2026: Signature

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.