Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Procedure 2025/0726(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market”; the committee responsible is INTA (International Trade). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 24 Jun 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 19 May 2026 (final vote): adopted with 606 votes in favour, 16 against and 39 abstentions.

Reference

2025/0726(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

INTA International Trade

Opinion

ITRE Industry, Research and Energy (opinion: Sofie Eriksson (S&D, Sweden))

Rapporteur

Karin Karlsbro (Renew, Sweden)

Shadow rapporteurs

Martin Schirdewan (The Left, Germany), Majdouline Sbai (Greens/EFA, France), Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy), Martine Kemp (EPP, Luxembourg), Daniele Polato (ECR, Italy), Thierry Mariani (PfE, France)

Opinions

7 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (A10-0012/2026), 19 May 2026: final vote, adopted, 606 for, 16 against, 39 abstentions

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 8 Jun 2026: Council (Transport, Telecommunications and Energy), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 25 for, 1 against, 1 abstention. Against: Estonia; Abstained: Portugal. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1. 3 Nov 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur

1st reading

1. 12 Nov 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 24 Nov 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3. 3 Dec 2025: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
4. 27 Jan 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 3 Feb 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 11 Feb 2026: Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
7. 6 May 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
8. 18 May 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
9. 19 May 2026: EP position at 1st reading
10. 17 Jun 2026: Signature
11. 24 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)