Procedure

Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group

2023/0410(COD)·10th term·AGRI / ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·In progressAwaiting Parliament's position in 1st reading
Subjects: Forestry policy
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): WIESNER Emma (Renew)
Summary

This dossier concerns the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group. The amendments range from rejecting the Commission proposal to broadening the tasks and composition of the Standing Forestry Committee and the Working Group on Forest and Nature; several stress that forestry is a Member State competence not assigned to the Union by the Treaty, emphasise voluntary cooperation and local authorities, and link forests to the European Green Deal.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    25 Feb 2025
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    21 Oct 2025 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. In progress — not yet concluded
112
Amendments
distinct, in window
24
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
25 Feb 2025
Dates

Plenary votes

5 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 2 earlier votes
    1. 21 Oct 2025Rejected
      On the decision — amendment 22 — point 3 — article 2 — subparagraph 1
      Official label: Article premier - alinéa 1 - point 3; Décision 89/367/CEE du Conseil - Article 2 - paragraphe 2 - après le point d - Am 22 · what was voted ↗
      236 for395 against9 abstentions79 did not vote
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    2. 21 Oct 2025Rejected
      On amendment 19 — citation 4
      Official label: Après le visa 4 - Am 19 · what was voted ↗
      260 for372 against10 abstentions77 did not vote
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  2. 21 Oct 2025Rejected
    On amendment 17S — recital 2
    Official label: Considérant 2 - Am 17S · what was voted ↗
    198 for422 against11 abstentions88 did not vote
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  3. 21 Oct 2025Adopted
    On a procedural vote to send the text back to committee, under Parliament's rules
    Official label: Demande de renvoi (article 60, paragraphe 4, du règlement) · what was voted ↗
    352 for242 against40 abstentions85 did not vote
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  4. 21 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
    On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
    Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
    327 for256 against58 abstentions78 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Statistical baseline — not a forecast

How groups usually vote on similar files

Based on 50 past main roll-call votes on AGRI-responsible procedures, Jul 2019 → 2026-07-04.

EPPusually FOR94% FOR over 8,111 votes
S&Dusually FOR86% FOR over 6,211 votes
Renewusually FOR88% FOR over 4,008 votes
Greens/EFAusually FOR54% FOR over 2,856 votes
ECRusually FOR71% FOR over 3,235 votes
The Leftusually FOR52% FOR over 1,809 votes
Patriotsusually FOR60% FOR over 1,827 votes
IDusually AGAINST50% FOR over 1,531 votes
ESNusually AGAINST47% FOR over 573 votes
Non-attachedusually FOR60% FOR over 1,541 votes

Statistical baseline from past roll-call votes; not a forecast. · roll-call votes only

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Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

24 Members · by amendment count

The amendments, in full text

112 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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