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2013/0072(COD)COM(2025)630TRAN

Air passenger rights

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air

Stage
Council adoption, reached 29 Sept 2025
Procedure
OLP · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Andrey Novakov (EPP)
Lead DG
DG MOVE
Commissioner
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Council configuration
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council
Last activity
13 Jul 2026
Legal basis
TFEU Art. 100; TFEU Art. 100(2); TFEU Art. 294
96 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act), 13 Jul 2026.

Show the earlier record: 81 dates, 13 Mar 2013 to 5 Jun 2026
  1. 13 Mar 2013
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 16 Apr 2013
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  3. 6 Sept 2013
    • EP committee draft report
  4. 8 Oct 2013
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  5. 5 Nov 2013
    • Adoption of an opinion by the EP opinion-giving committee
  6. 17 Dec 2013
    • Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  7. 22 Jan 2014
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  8. 5 Feb 2014
    • EP opinion on 1st reading
    • EP position at first reading
  9. 13 Jan 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  11. 27 Nov 2024
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  12. 5 Dec 2024
    • Deliberations in Council
  13. 3 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  14. 10 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  15. 24 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  16. 8 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  17. 15 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  18. 19 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  19. 22 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  20. 28 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  21. 4 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  22. 5 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  23. 2 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  24. 15 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  25. 16 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  26. 11 Sept 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  27. 29 Sept 2025
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
  28. 30 Sept 2025
    • Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading
  29. 9 Oct 2025
    • Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
  30. 10 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  31. 15 Oct 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  32. 17 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  33. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  34. 22 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  35. 24 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  36. 28 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  37. 4 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  38. 7 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  39. 14 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  40. 19 Nov 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  41. 20 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  42. 21 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  43. 24 Nov 2025
    • EP committee draft recommendation for second reading
  44. 26 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  45. 28 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  46. 1 Dec 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  47. 3 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  48. 4 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  49. 5 Dec 2025
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  50. 12 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  51. 12 Jan 2026
    • Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  52. 13 Jan 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  53. 18 Jan 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  54. 19 Jan 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  55. 20 Jan 2026
    • Debate in EP plenary
  56. 21 Jan 2026
    • Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP
    • Vote in EP plenary
  57. 29 Jan 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  58. 19 Feb 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  59. 25 Feb 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  60. 26 Feb 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  61. 5 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  62. 8 Mar 2026
    • Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air - Preparation for the 1st trilogue after the EP’s second readi
  63. 9 Mar 2026
    • Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air - Preparation for the 1st trilogue after the EP’s second readi
  64. 12 Mar 2026
    • Adoption of the Commission’s opinion on EP amendments at 2nd reading
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  65. 13 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  66. 23 Mar 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  67. 24 Mar 2026
    • Non-approval of the EP's second reading amendments by the Council
  68. 25 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  69. 26 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  70. 31 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  71. 9 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  72. 15 Apr 2026
    • Convening of the conciliation committee
  73. 20 Apr 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue) · Parliament, Council and Commission
  74. 23 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  75. 7 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  76. 13 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  77. 19 May 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  78. 20 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  79. 27 May 2026
    • Convening of the conciliation committee
  80. 2 Jun 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue) · Parliament, Council and Commission
  81. 5 Jun 2026
    • Convening of the conciliation committee
  1. 8 Jun 2026
    • Deliberations in Council
  2. 10 Jun 2026
    • Convening of the conciliation committee
  3. 15 Jun 2026
    • Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
    • Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
  4. 1 Jul 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  5. 6 Jul 2026
    • Debate in EP plenary
  6. 7 Jul 2026
    • Vote in EP plenary
  7. 12 Jul 2026
    • Voting result REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air - Adoption of the legislative act - 4190th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Agriculture and Fisheries) 13 Jul
  8. 13 Jul 2026
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
9 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurAndrey NovakovEPPBGTRAN
Shadow rapporteurArash SaeidiThe LeftFR
Shadow rapporteurJan-Christoph OetjenRenewDE
Shadow rapporteurKosma ZłotowskiECRPL
Shadow rapporteurMatteo RicciS&DIT
Shadow rapporteurVicent Marzà IbáñezGreens/EFAES
Shadow rapporteurVilis KrištopansPfELV
Shadow rapporteurVilja ToomastALDEEE
Rapporteur for opinionHans-Peter MayerEPPDEIMCO
55 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 5 Dec 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • TRAN55

By author

  • Andrey Novakov39
  • Arash Saeidi39
  • Kosma Złotowski39
  • Matteo Ricci39
  • Vicent Marzà Ibáñez39
  • Jan-Christoph Oetjen38
  • Adrian-George Axinia14
  • Daniel Attard2

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 168
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 87
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 176
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 184
  • Annex I3
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 93
  • Recital 1 a (new)2
  • Recital 32
  • Recital 3 a (new)2
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 101
Show 17 more provisions
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 131
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new)1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 61
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 71
  • Recital 11
  • Recital 11 a (new)1
  • Recital 2 a (new)1
  • Recital 51
  • Recital 521
  • Recital 61
  • Recital 71
  • Recital 7 a (new)1
  • Recital 81
16 documents

Documents

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Summary

Generated

This amendment revises Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 on compensation and assistance for air passengers facing denied boarding, cancellations, or long delays, and updates Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on carrier liability for passenger injuries and baggage. It affects airlines operating under EU jurisdiction and passengers traveling within or from the EU. The file has reached Council Adoption stage.

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