2023/0135(COD)COM(2023)234LIBE

Combating corruption

Combating corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Stage: In force, reached 11 May 2026
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Raquel García Hermida-van Der Walle (Renew)
Lead DG: DG HOME
Commissioner: Magnus Brunner
Council configuration: Justice and Home Affairs Council
Last activity: 11 May 2026
Legal basis: TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 82; TFEU_2016 Art. 82(1); TFEU_2016 Art. 83; TFEU_2016 Art. 83(1); TFEU_2016 Art. 83(2)

64 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 13 May 2026.

Show the earlier record: 48 dates, 3 May 2023 to 19 Mar 2026

3 May 2023
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
10 May 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
1 Jun 2023
- Referred to committee
27 Jun 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
11 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
20 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
25 Jul 2023
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: EU rules on fighting against corruption, 42 responses · Commission
1 Aug 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
12 Sept 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
21 Sept 2023
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
17 Oct 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
19 Oct 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
7 Nov 2023
- Committee opinion adopted
4 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
15 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
31 Jan 2024
- Committee report adopted
21 Feb 2024
- Tabled for plenary
27 Feb 2024
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
14 Jun 2024
- General approach by the Council
17 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
13 Nov 2024
- Referred to committee
24 Jan 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
28 Jan 2025
- Interinstitutional negotiations
29 Jan 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
26 Mar 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Interinstitutional negotiations
2 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
15 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
30 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Deliberations in Council working party
6 May 2025
- Interinstitutional negotiations
7 May 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
16 May 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
5 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
10 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
16 Jun 2025
- Interinstitutional negotiations
18 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
30 Jun 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
7 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
20 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
21 Oct 2025
- Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
29 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
13 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
2 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- Interinstitutional negotiations
10 Dec 2025
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
27 Jan 2026
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
25 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
17 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
18 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
19 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary

20 Mar 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
23 Mar 2026
- Tabled for plenary
25 Mar 2026
- Debate in plenary
26 Mar 2026
- EP position at first reading · Parliament
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
21 Apr 2026
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
29 Apr 2026
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council · Parliament and Council
- Signed
11 May 2026
- Publication in the Official Journal
- Published in the Official Journal
13 May 2026
- Publication in the Official Journal · provisional

8 people

Who is on it

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

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Raquel García Hermida-van Der Walle	Renew	NL	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Chloé Ridel	S&D	FR	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Daniel Freund	Greens/EFA	DE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	David Casa	EPP	MT	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Giuseppe Antoci	The Left	IT	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Jorge Buxadé Villalba	PfE	ES	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Mariusz Kamiński	ECR	PL	LIBE
Rapporteur for opinion	Caterina Chinnici	EPP	IT	CONT

13 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Agenda · GEDA/A/(2026)000215Parliament · 13 Nov 2024
Agenda · PE782.345Parliament · 13 Nov 2024
Report · A9-0048/2024Parliament · 31 Jan 2024
Proposal · PE751.76520 Jul 2023
Proposal · COM(2023)0234Commission · 3 May 2023
Text adopted · Directive 2026/1021Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 11.05.2026Commission
Proposal · PE751.765Commission
Committee opinion · PE753.561Parliament
Report · PE753.573Parliament
Amendments · PE754.808Parliament
Text adopted · SP(2026)05-28Parliament
Text adopted · T10-0094/2026Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

Consultation	Feedback deadline	Feedback received
EU rules on fighting against corruption Who filed what · Follow the consultation	25 Jul 2023	403

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This directive replaces Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the EU corruption convention, establishing unified rules to combat bribery involving EU and Member State officials. It harmonizes criminal penalties and strengthens judicial cooperation, affecting civil servants, European officials, and those in Justice and Home Affairs.

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