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
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.
ShowHide the earlier record: 37 dates, 14 Dec 2016 to 21 Oct 2025
- 14 Dec 2016
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 16 Dec 2016
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Dec 2016
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 19 Jan 2017
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 10 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 28 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 9 Mar 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Mar 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 28 Apr 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 6 Jun 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Oct 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Oct 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Oct 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 26 Oct 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Nov 2017
- EP committee draft report
- 1 Dec 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 4 Dec 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 7 Dec 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Jun 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 21 Jun 2018
- General approach by the Council
- 26 Jun 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Jul 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Nov 2018
- Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
- 23 Nov 2018
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- 11 Dec 2018
- Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations
- 27 Mar 2019
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 29 Mar 2019
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 21 Oct 2019
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 22 Dec 2021
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 13 Nov 2024
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 19 Mar 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 11 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 3 Jun 2025
- Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
- 4 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 19 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 21 Oct 2025
- Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
- 1 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 22 Apr 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue)
- 24 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 29 Apr 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 6 May 2026
- Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
- 1 Jul 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- 6 Jul 2026
- Debate in EP plenary
- 7 Jul 2026
- EP position at first reading
- EP position at first reading · Parliament
- Vote in EP plenary
- 28 Sept 2026Scheduled
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Gabriele Bischoff | S&D | DE | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Francesco Torselli | ECR | IT | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Gordan Bosanac | Greens/EFA | HR | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jana Toom | Renew | EE | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jeroen Lenaers | EPP | NL | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Marie Dauchy | PfE | FR | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Rudi Kennes | The Left | BE | EMPL |
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
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- 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
ShowHide 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.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A8-0386/2018Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2016)0815Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2026)002889Parliament
- Report · PE612.058Parliament
- Amendments · PE616.559Parliament
- Amendments · PE616.618Parliament
- Amendments · PE616.619Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE616.648Parliament
- Amendments · PE619.167Parliament
- Agenda · PE787.916Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2026)08-17Parliament
- Text adopted · T10-0239/2026Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThe 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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