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2022/0134(COD)COM(2022)650LIBE

Long-Term Residents Directive. Recast

The status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast)

Stage
Trilogue, reached 8 Nov 2023
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Anna Strolenberg (Greens/EFA)
Lead DG
DG HOME
Commissioner
Ylva Johansson
Last activity
21 Oct 2025
25 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme, 21 Oct 2025.

Show the earlier record: 14 dates, 29 Dec 2020 to 13 Apr 2023
  1. 29 Dec 2020
    • Inception impact assessment closed: Rights of third-country nationals who are long-term residents in the EU · Commission
  2. 28 Apr 2022
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  3. 29 Apr 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 22 Jun 2022
    • Plenary sitting
    • Referred to committee
  5. 15 Aug 2022
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Rights of third-country nationals who are long-term residents in the EU, 28 responses · Commission
  6. 19 Sept 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 21 Sept 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 11 Oct 2022
    • Committee opinion tabled
  9. 25 Oct 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 21 Nov 2022
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  11. 8 Dec 2022
    • Committee amendments tabled
  12. 24 Jan 2023
    • Committee opinion adopted
  13. 28 Mar 2023
    • Committee report adopted
  14. 13 Apr 2023
    • Tabled for plenary
  1. 17 Apr 2023
    • Plenary sitting
  2. 19 Apr 2023
    • Plenary sitting
  3. 20 Apr 2023
    • Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
    • Plenary vote
  4. 8 Nov 2023
    • Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
  5. 23 Nov 2023
    • Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
  6. 28 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  8. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
13 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurAnna StrolenbergGreens/EFANLLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAbir Al-sahlaniRenewSELIBE
Shadow rapporteurFrancisco AssisS&DPTLIBE
Shadow rapporteurKonstantinos ArvanitisThe LeftELLIBE
Shadow rapporteurLena DüpontEPPDELIBE
Shadow rapporteurSebastian TynkkynenECRFILIBE
Shadow rapporteurSusanna CeccardiPfEITLIBE
Rapporteur for opinionJana ToomRenewEEEMPL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionDennis RadtkeEPPDE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionGeorgiana TeodorescuECRRO
Shadow rapporteur for opinionGordan BosanacGreens/EFAHR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionKonstantinos ArvanitisThe LeftEL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionSéverine WerbrouckPfEFR
306 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 8 Dec 2022.

By committee

  • LIBE306

By author

  • Jean-Paul Garraud61
  • Abir AL-SAHLANI41
  • Jan-Christoph Oetjen34
  • Jeroen Lenaers34
  • Lena Düpont34
  • Tomas Tobé34
  • Fabienne Keller31
  • Konstantinos Arvanitis27
  • Jorge Buxadé Villalba23
  • Matjaž Nemec1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 187 of the 306 amendments.

By article

  • Recital 126
  • Article 5 – paragraph 45
  • Recital 115
  • Recital 265
  • Recital 275
  • Recital 295
  • Article 15 – paragraph 14
  • Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 34
  • Article 4 – paragraph 14
  • Article 4 – paragraph 34
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  • Article 5 – paragraph 24
  • Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 24
  • Article 9 – paragraph 34
  • Recital 84
  • Article 15 – paragraph 43
  • Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 13
  • Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 23
  • Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 23
  • Article 26 – paragraph 43
  • Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)3
  • Article 4 – paragraph 23
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a3
  • Article 5 – paragraph 33
  • Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 23
  • Article 7 – paragraph 43
  • Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c3
  • Article 9 – paragraph 23
  • Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 33
  • Recital 103
  • Recital 173

Covers 111 of the 306 amendments.

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1 consultation

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ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
15 Aug 202228

Summary

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The recast of the Long-Term Residents Directive harmonizes conditions for non-EU nationals to acquire long-term resident status, facilitating intra-EU mobility and equal treatment. It affects third-country nationals legally residing in the EU and national authorities managing residence permits.

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