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Regulation (EU) 2026/6872025/0322(COD)COM(2025)639INTA

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

Stage
In force, reached 19 Mar 2026
In force
In force since 8 Apr 2026 · CELEX 32026R0687
Procedure
OLP · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Gabriel Mato (EPP)
Lead DG
DG TRADE
Commissioner
Maroš Šefčovič
Council configuration
Foreign Affairs Council
Last activity
17 Apr 2026
Legal basis
TFEU Art. 207; TFEU Art. 294
65 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 17 Apr 2026.

Show the earlier record: 47 dates, 8 Oct 2025 to 9 Apr 2026
  1. 8 Oct 2025
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 21 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  3. 30 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  4. 6 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  5. 19 Nov 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  6. 20 Nov 2025
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  7. 24 Nov 2025
    • Referred to committee
  8. 25 Nov 2025
    • Vote in EP plenary
  9. 27 Nov 2025
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  10. 2 Dec 2025
    • Committee opinion adopted
  11. 8 Dec 2025
    • Committee report adopted
  12. 9 Dec 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  13. 10 Dec 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  14. 12 Dec 2025
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  15. 15 Dec 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  16. 16 Dec 2025
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  17. 17 Dec 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  18. 19 Dec 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  19. 22 Dec 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  20. 9 Jan 2026
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  21. 27 Jan 2026
    • Committee approved the provisional agreement
  22. 29 Jan 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  23. 3 Feb 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  24. 4 Feb 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  25. 10 Feb 2026
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  26. 5 Mar 2026
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
  27. 11 Mar 2026
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
    • Signed
  28. 19 Mar 2026
    • Published in the Official Journal
    • Voting result REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL implementing the bilateral safeguard clauses of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products - Adoption of the legislative act - 4159th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Justice and Home Affairs) 5 March 2026, Brussels
  29. 20 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  30. 21 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  31. 22 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  32. 23 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  33. 24 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  34. 25 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  35. 28 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  36. 29 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  37. 30 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  38. 31 Mar 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  39. 1 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  40. 2 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  41. 3 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  42. 4 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  43. 5 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  44. 6 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  45. 7 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  46. 8 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  47. 9 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  1. 10 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  2. 11 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  3. 12 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  4. 13 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  5. 14 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  6. 15 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  7. 16 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
  8. 17 Apr 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal
9 people

Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurGabriel MatoEPPESINTA
Shadow rapporteurChristophe BayPfEFRINTA
Shadow rapporteurFrancesco TorselliECRITINTA
Shadow rapporteurFrancisco AssisS&DPTINTA
Shadow rapporteurManon AubryThe LeftFRINTA
Shadow rapporteurMarkus BuchheitESNDEINTA
Shadow rapporteurSaskia BricmontGreens/EFABEINTA
Shadow rapporteurSvenja HahnRenewDEINTA
Rapporteur for opinionVeronika VrecionováECRCZAGRI
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This implementing act activates the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement, allowing the EU to impose temporary protective measures on specific agricultural imports. It enables tariff adjustments to manage market disruptions while maintaining compliance with the broader trade framework.

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