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2016/0397(COD)EP_EMPL

Social security coordination

Proposal for a
 REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems
 and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing
 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004

Stage
Council adoption, reached 27 Mar 2019
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Gabriele Bischoff (S&D)
Lead DG
DG EMPL
Commissioner
Marianne Thyssen
Last activity
7 Jul 2026
48 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: EP position at first reading, 7 Jul 2026. Next: Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act), 28 Sept 2026.

Show the earlier record: 37 dates, 14 Dec 2016 to 21 Oct 2025
  1. 14 Dec 2016
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 16 Dec 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 22 Dec 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 19 Jan 2017
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  5. 10 Feb 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 20 Feb 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 28 Feb 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 9 Mar 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 15 Mar 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 28 Apr 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  11. 6 Jun 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 16 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  13. 20 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 25 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 26 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 20 Nov 2017
    • EP committee draft report
  17. 1 Dec 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  18. 4 Dec 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  19. 7 Dec 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  20. 15 Jun 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  21. 21 Jun 2018
    • General approach by the Council
  22. 26 Jun 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  23. 16 Jul 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  24. 20 Nov 2018
    • Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  25. 23 Nov 2018
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  26. 11 Dec 2018
    • Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations
  27. 27 Mar 2019
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  28. 29 Mar 2019
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  29. 21 Oct 2019
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  30. 22 Dec 2021
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  31. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  32. 19 Mar 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  33. 11 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  34. 3 Jun 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  35. 4 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  36. 19 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  37. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  1. 1 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  2. 22 Apr 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
  3. 24 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  4. 29 Apr 2026
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  5. 6 May 2026
    • Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
  6. 1 Jul 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  7. 6 Jul 2026
    • Debate in EP plenary
  8. 7 Jul 2026
    • EP position at first reading
    • EP position at first reading · Parliament
    • Vote in EP plenary
  1. 28 Sept 2026Scheduled
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
7 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurGabriele BischoffS&DDEEMPL
Shadow rapporteurFrancesco TorselliECRITEMPL
Shadow rapporteurGordan BosanacGreens/EFAHREMPL
Shadow rapporteurJana ToomRenewEEEMPL
Shadow rapporteurJeroen LenaersEPPNLEMPL
Shadow rapporteurMarie DauchyPfEFREMPL
Shadow rapporteurRudi KennesThe LeftBEEMPL
213 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 8 Apr 2019 and 1 Jul 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • EMPL167

Covers 167 of the 213 amendments.

By author

  • Anneleen Van Bossuyt9
  • Christel Schaldemose9
  • Esther de Lange9
  • Jeroen Lenaers9
  • Morten Løkkegaard9
  • Anja Hazekamp7
  • Christophe Hansen7
  • David Casa7
  • Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy7
  • Marian Harkin · on behalf of ALDE7
Show 20 more authors
  • Andi Cristea4
  • Andrey Novakov4
  • Dan Nica4
  • Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska4
  • Emil Radev4
  • Ivo Belet4
  • Janusz Lewandowski4
  • Kinga Gál4
  • Kosma Złotowski4
  • Maria Grapini4
  • Milan Zver4
  • Romana Tomc4
  • Siegfried Mureşan4
  • Angelika Niebler2
  • Axel Voss2
  • Daniel Caspary2
  • Jens Gieseke2
  • Li Andersson2
  • Monika Hohlmeier2
  • Norbert Lins2

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 30 of the 213 amendments.

By article

  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 78
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 87
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 136
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 224
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d4
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point a4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 193
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 393
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)3
  • Recital 103
  • Recital 83
  • Recital 93
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 232
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 242
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 272
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 102
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)2
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 282
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 52
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)2
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a2
  • Recital 12
  • Recital 10 a (new)2
  • Annex I – point 71
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 101
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 111

Covers 88 of the 213 amendments.

Summary

Generated

The Council adopted a regulation amending EU rules on social security coordination (Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009). It clarifies which member state pays benefits for mobile workers, including frontier and posted workers, and extends equal treatment to economically inactive EU citizens.

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