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2023/0156(COD)COM(2023)258IMCO

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013

Stage
Council adoption, reached 15 Apr 2026
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Dirk Gotink (EPP)
Lead DG
DG TAXUD
Commissioner
Valdis Dombrovskis
Council configuration
Economic and Financial Affairs Council
Last activity
4 Sept 2026
Legal basis
TFEU_2016 Art. 114; TFEU_2016 Art. 207; TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 33
78 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading, 4 Sept 2026. Next: Debate in EP plenary, 14 Sept 2026.

Show the earlier record: 56 dates, 17 May 2023 to 5 Dec 2025
  1. 17 May 2023
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 22 May 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 13 Jul 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 14 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 20 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 10 Oct 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 19 Oct 2023
    • Referred to committee
  8. 20 Oct 2023
    • Committee opinion tabled
  9. 27 Oct 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 30 Oct 2023
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  11. 16 Nov 2023
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  12. 22 Nov 2023
    • Committee opinion tabled
  13. 11 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion adopted
  14. 23 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion adopted
  15. 24 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion adopted
  16. 26 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion tabled
  17. 22 Feb 2024
    • Committee report adopted
  18. 28 Feb 2024
    • Tabled for plenary
  19. 13 Mar 2024
    • EP position at first reading
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Plenary vote
  20. 2 Jul 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  21. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  22. 4 Dec 2024
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  23. 10 Dec 2024
    • Deliberations in Council
  24. 2 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  25. 3 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  26. 4 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  27. 28 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  28. 29 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  29. 6 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  30. 7 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  31. 8 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  32. 13 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  33. 14 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  34. 16 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  35. 3 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  36. 11 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  37. 12 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  38. 13 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  39. 17 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  40. 18 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  41. 20 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  42. 27 Jun 2025
    • Adoption of partial negotiating mandate by Coreper
  43. 8 Jul 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  44. 9 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  45. 16 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  46. 18 Sept 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  47. 7 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  48. 13 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  49. 15 Oct 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  50. 17 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  51. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  52. 5 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  53. 12 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  54. 20 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  55. 28 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  56. 5 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  1. 10 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  2. 12 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  3. 13 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  4. 26 Mar 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  5. 1 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  6. 15 Apr 2026
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
  7. 16 Apr 2026
    • Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
    • Committee approved the provisional agreement
  8. 4 Sept 2026
    • Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft recommendation for second reading
  1. 14 Sept 2026Scheduled
    • Debate in EP plenary
  2. 16 Sept 2026Scheduled
    • Vote in EP plenary
  3. 17 Sept 2026Scheduled
    • Vote in EP plenary · Parliament
14 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurDirk GotinkEPPNLIMCO
Shadow rapporteurArno BausemerESNDEIMCO
Shadow rapporteurDenis NesciECRITIMCO
Shadow rapporteurJeannette BaljeuRenewNLIMCO
Shadow rapporteurKim Van SparrentakGreens/EFANLIMCO
Shadow rapporteurLeila ChaibiThe LeftFRIMCO
Shadow rapporteurMaria GrapiniS&DROIMCO
Shadow rapporteurVirginie JoronPfEFRIMCO
Rapporteur for opinionJosé Manuel FernandesEPPPTBUDG
Rapporteur for opinionPetri SarvamaaEPPFICONT
Rapporteur for opinionSaskia BricmontGreens/EFABEINTA
Shadow rapporteur for opinionValérie HayerRenewFRBUDG
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMaria GrapiniS&DROCONT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMichiel HoogeveenECRNLINTA
575 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 16 Nov 2023 and 16 Dec 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • IMCO302
  • INTA148
  • CONT84
  • BUDG41

By author

  • Maria Grapini128
  • Anna Cavazzini78
  • Bernd Lange56
  • Marie-Pierre Vedrenne53
  • Svenja Hahn40
  • Andreas Schwab30
  • Valérie Hayer18
  • Carlo Fidanza17
  • Isabella Tovaglieri17
  • Markus Buchheit15
Show 7 more authors
  • Adam Bielan14
  • Thierry Mariani12
  • Virginie Joron12
  • Nils Ušakovs9
  • Martine Kemp7
  • Saskia Bricmont7
  • Raphaël Glucksmann1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 447 of the 575 amendments.

By article

  • Article 86 – paragraph 58
  • Recital 568
  • Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part6
  • Article 265 – paragraph 7 – introductory part6
  • Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e5
  • Article 25 – paragraph 15
  • Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point e5
  • Article 25 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 15
  • Article 256 – paragraph 45
  • Article 31 – paragraph 65
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 135
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 575
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 64 a (new)5
  • Recital 75
  • Article 150 – paragraph 104
  • Article 207 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)4
  • Article 211 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)4
  • Article 212 – paragraph 14
  • Article 212 – paragraph 24
  • Article 212 – paragraph 5 a (new)4
  • Article 214 – paragraph 44
  • Article 254 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)4
  • Article 265 – paragraph 2 – introductory part4
  • Article 265 – paragraph 64
  • Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 34
  • Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b4
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 64 b (new)4
  • Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 64 c (new)4
  • Article 60 – paragraph 5 – point b – point ii4
  • Article 60 – paragraph 5 – point b – point iii4

Covers 142 of the 575 amendments.

11 documents

Documents

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Summary

Generated

This regulation establishes a new Union Customs Code and creates the European Union Customs Authority to modernize customs operations across the Common Customs Territory. It integrates digital transformation tools and harmonizes procedures to enhance trade facilitation and institutional oversight. The measure affects all customs agencies and traders in the EU. Stage: provisional agreement.

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