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DEPARTURE DEMANDS - LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Files found under “Departure demands” status represent explicit demands for EU legislation expressed by the European Parliament in plenary following a legislative-initiative report (INL). Only INL procedures based on Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union can have this status.
DEPARTURES - LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED
Files found under ‘Departures’ status are expected initiatives of the European Commission – in principle legislative – which contribute to the implementation of the Commission’s priorities.
These files are announced either in the Political Guidelines (of the incoming Commission), the annual State of the Union speech and accompanying letter of intent, or in the yearly Commission work programme. They may also be planned legislative proposals announced in a strategy, communication or action plan adopted by the Commission, sometimes with an anticipated date of publication.
A few non-legislative files (communications from the European Commission) can also be found with this status. These either announce future legislative activity or are of major political importance.
DEPARTED - LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND PROCEEDING NORMALLY
The files under ‘Departed’ status are those previously under ‘Departures’ for which the legislative procedure has started. This position is part of the Departure category and indicates movement on a file.
A file should move to ‘Departed’ once three criteria are fulfilled:
ON HOLD - PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BUT PROCEEDING SLOWLY OR BLOCKED
Files found under ‘ON HOLD’ status are those on which there has been no progress over at least the previous nine months. This can mean the following cases:
EXPECTED ARRIVALS - LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS CLOSE TO ADOPTION
Files that can be found under ‘Expected Arrival’ status are files for which the legislative procedure will shortly be finalised. In the case of ordinary legislative procedure, that means that the European Parliament and the Council have concluded interinstitutional negotiations (trilogues) and reached a provisional agreement on the text. Such files will previously have had the status of ‘DEPARTED’, ‘ON HOLD’ or – less often – ‘DEPARTURES’.
ARRIVED - LEGISLATION ADOPTED
Files found under ‘Arrived’ status are those adopted by co-legislators. An act is considered adopted once it has been signed by the presidents of the European Parliament and the Council.
DERAILED - LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SUMBIMTTED BUT SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDRAWN
Files found under ‘Derailed’ status are those proposals that have been officially withdrawn by the European Commission, namely once the withdrawal is published in the Official Journal.
DERAILED - LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BUT SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDRAWN
Files found under ‘Derailed’ status are those proposals that have been officially withdrawn by the European Commission, namely once the withdrawal is published in the Official Journal.
TRAIN
Represents a main priority of the European Commission (i.e. one of the six priorities of the von der Leyen Commission (2019-2024), or ten priorities of the Juncker Commission (2014-2019)). A train is composed of a number of files – both legislative and non-legislative – each of which are also known as CARRIAGES. Separate trains cover all the files assigned to each parliamentary committee (please see EP Committees).
CARRIAGE
Equals a legislative or non-legislative file which forms part of a train. A carriage may cover more than one file in rare cases of technical adjustments or minor changes to existing files.
PACKAGE
Represents a group of legislative and/or non-legislative files, based on the indications of the European Commission. A package may, for example, cover all files published under a strategy or an action plan. The grouping always reflects the way the Commission has organised it.
STATUS
Indicates the level of advancement of legislative work on a file. There are seven statuses which a given file may take on during the time it goes through the legislative process.
EC PRIORITY
Politically defined priority set at the beginning of each European Commission mandate (i.e. the six priorities of the von der Leyen Commission, ten priorities of the Juncker Commission). Each priority is represented by a TRAIN composed of separate files known as CARRIAGES.
EP COMMITTEES
A list of legislative and non-legislative files assigned to a parliamentary committee. In total, 19 standing committees are represented on this website.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Important files grouped under a separate heading indicating a European policy priority, a major current topic or any other theme that is key for European policy.
SCHEDULE
General table presenting TRAINS (within EC Priorities or EP Committees) in a summarised form with relevant statistical data by STATUS. Landing page of the website.
PROCEDURE
Indicates procedure number which helps to find files quickly (e.g. 2021/XXXX(COD), 2020/XXXX(CNS), 20219/XXXX(APP)...)
COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME
Allows to choose all the files presented in the annual Commission work programme, for each year since 2019.