Amending certain Directives as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements (Omnibus X)
Amending Council Directive 98/58/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements, and repealing Council Directives 82/711/EEC and 85/572/EEC
- Stage
- Trilogue, reached 27 May 2026
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteurs
- Herbert Dorfmann (EPP), Michele Picaro (ECR)
- Lead DG
- DG SANTE
- Commissioner
- Olivér Várhelyi
- Last activity
- 20 Jul 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 114; TFEU Art. 192; TFEU Art. 294; TFEU Art. 43
Where it stands
Latest: Committee amendments tabled, 20 Jul 2026. Next: Deliberations in Council, 22 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 19 dates, 17 Dec 2025 to 10 Jun 2026
- 17 Dec 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 9 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 12 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 23 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 26 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council
- 27 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 2 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 9 Feb 2026
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary) · Parliament
- Referred to committee
- 10 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Feb 2026
- Decision on procedure
- 20 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 6 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 25 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 1 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 29 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 5 May 2026
- Consideration / exchange of views
- 13 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 27 May 2026
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper · Council
- 10 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 12 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 16 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 19 Jun 2026
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report · Parliament committee
- 1 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 6 Jul 2026
- Consideration / exchange of views · provisional
- 14 Jul 2026
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 16 Jul 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 20 Jul 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 22 Sept 2026Scheduled
- Deliberations in Council · Council
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-rapporteur | Herbert Dorfmann | EPP | IT | AGRI |
| Co-rapporteur | Michele Picaro | ECR | IT | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anja Hazekamp | The Left | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Strolenberg | Greens/EFA | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anne-Sophie Frigout | PfE | FR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Benoit Cassart | Renew | BE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Biljana Borzan | S&D | HR | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Carlo Fidanza | ECR | IT | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Gheorghe Cârciu | S&D | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Ivan David | ESN | CZ | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jessica Polfjärd | EPP | SE | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Mireia Borrás Pabón | PfE | ES | |
| Shadow rapporteur | Tilly Metz | Greens/EFA | LU |
Amendments
Tabled on 20 Jul 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- CJ14155
By author
- Anja Hazekamp30
- Arash Saeidi29
- Catarina Martins29
- Emma Fourreau29
- Per Clausen29
- Sebastian Everding29
- Christine Singer14
- Carmen Crespo Díaz13
- Dolors Montserrat13
- Esther Herranz García13
ShowHide 20 more authors
- Susana Solís Pérez13
- Tilly Metz · Verts/ALE13
- Gheorghe Cârciu11
- Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral11
- Jessica Polfjärd10
- Jorge Buxadé Villalba10
- Mireia Borrás Pabón10
- Andreas Glück9
- Barbara Bonte9
- Herbert Dorfmann9
- Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez9
- Laurence Trochu9
- Antonín Staněk7
- Asger Christensen7
- Barry Cowen7
- Benoit Cassart7
- Billy Kelleher7
- Charles Goerens7
- Elsi Katainen7
- Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy7
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 364
- Recital 612
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a6
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 46
- Recital 26
- Recital 35
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a4
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b3
- Recital 53
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)2
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 2 – paragraph 12
- Recital 42
- Recital 72
- –2
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point ba (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point -a1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point ba (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) – point a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) – point b (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) – point c (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)1
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
Covers 135 of the 155 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Proposal · COM(2025)1021Commission · 16 Dec 2025
- Report · PE789.112Parliament
- Amendments · PE790.943Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThis omnibus amends Directives 98/58/EC and 2009/128/EC to simplify and strengthen food and feed safety rules, repealing outdated plant health and animal protection directives. It updates administrative formalities for livestock farming, animal feedingstuffs, and drone use in agriculture. The file is at committee stage under DG SANTE and Commissioner Várhelyi.
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