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2025/0090(COD)COM(2025)173ENVI

Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Stage
EP position adopted, reached 13 Nov 2025
Procedure
Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Michal Wiezik (Renew)
Lead DG
DG ENV
Commissioner
Jessika Roswall
Council configuration
Environment Council
Last activity
3 Jun 2026
Legal basis
TFEU Art. 192; TFEU Art. 294
27 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Deliberations in Coreper, 3 Jun 2026.

Show the earlier record: 11 dates, 24 Apr 2025 to 9 Sept 2025
  1. 24 Apr 2025
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 11 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  3. 26 Jun 2025
    • Appointment of rapporteur
  4. 3 Jul 2025
    • Consideration / exchange of views
  5. 4 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  6. 7 Jul 2025
    • Referred to committee
  7. 15 Jul 2025
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  8. 18 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  9. 4 Aug 2025
    • Committee opinion tabled
  10. 8 Sept 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  11. 9 Sept 2025
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Deadline for tabling amendments
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  1. 16 Oct 2025
    • Committee opinion adopted
  2. 20 Oct 2025
    • Adoption of draft report
    • Committee report adopted
  3. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  4. 22 Oct 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  5. 10 Nov 2025
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  6. 12 Nov 2025
    • Debate in plenary
    • Tabled for plenary
  7. 13 Nov 2025
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  8. 3 Jun 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
13 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurMichal WiezikRenewSKENVI
Shadow rapporteurAnne-Sophie FrigoutPfEFRENVI
Shadow rapporteurJessica PolfjärdEPPSEENVI
Shadow rapporteurLi AnderssonThe LeftFIENVI
Shadow rapporteurMarc JongenESNDEENVI
Shadow rapporteurNora Junco GarcíaECRESENVI
Shadow rapporteurRasmus NordqvistGreens/EFADKENVI
Shadow rapporteurThomas BajadaS&DMTENVI
Rapporteur for opinionEmma FourreauThe LeftFRPECH
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMélissa CamaraGreens/EFAFR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMichal WiezikRenewSK
Shadow rapporteur for opinionSéverine WerbrouckPfEFR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionSofie ErikssonS&DSE
215 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 12 Sept 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • PECH215

By author

  • France Jamet73
  • Séverine Werbrouck73
  • Isabelle le Callennec39
  • Marco Falcone37
  • Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral37
  • Mélissa Camara · Verts/ALE24
  • Carmen Crespo Díaz20
  • Francisco José Millán Mon20
  • Gabriel Mato20
  • Giuseppe Milazzo15
Show 12 more authors
  • Nora Junco García13
  • Michal Wiezik12
  • Eric Sargiacomo11
  • Bert-Jan Ruissen9
  • Stephen Nikola Bartulica6
  • Sander Smit5
  • Siegbert Frank Droese5
  • Sofie Eriksson5
  • Stéphanie YON-COURTIN5
  • Diego Solier4
  • Thomas Bajada4
  • Emmanouil Fragkos2

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

  • Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a7
  • Article 14 – paragraph 16
  • Article 17 – paragraph 25
  • Article 8 – paragraph 65
  • Recital 145
  • Recital 195
  • Article 16 – paragraph 24
  • Article 18 – paragraph 24
  • Article 19 – paragraph 14
  • Recital 74
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 1 – paragraph 13
  • Article 11 – paragraph 23
  • Article 12 – paragraph 13
  • Article 16 – paragraph 13
  • Article 16 – paragraph 33
  • Article 17 – paragraph 13
  • Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)3
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m3
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n3
  • Article 3 – paragraph 13
  • Recital 53
  • Article 10 – paragraph 22
  • Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point d2
  • Article 10 – paragraph 52
  • Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part2
  • Article 12 – paragraph 42
  • Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part2
  • Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c2
  • Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)2
  • Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)2

Covers 100 of the 215 amendments.

7 documents

Documents

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1 consultation

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This regulation establishes binding rules for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. It creates a legal framework to protect wild fauna, flora, and natural resources outside exclusive economic zones, advancing the EU's integrated maritime policy and law of the sea.

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