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

Gabriel Mato – Article 3 – § 1 – Am 70

Date: 16.12.2025·Reference: A10-0254/2025

protective clause agricultural trade cooperation policy interim agreement (EU)trade agreement cooperation agreement (EU)tariff policy trade agreement (EU)trade policy Mercosur

Overall Result

Rejected

200 For
432 Against
10 Abstention
77 Did not vote

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Amendment wording

Tabled by Sarah Knafo

… increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to Union production or consumption; ~~Removed: and~~ Added: or (b) under such conditions, as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the Union industry; ~~Removed: and~~ Added: or (c) the increase of imports is the result of the effect of … of the reduction or the elimination of the customs duties on that ~~Removed: product.~~ Added: product ; or (d) does not comply with requirements equivalent to those imposed by Union legislation on public health, environmental protection, traceability, or animal welfare, resulting in distortion of competition or downward pressure on European agricultural prices. (c a) does not comply with requirements equivalent to those imposed by Union legislation on public health, environmental protection, traceability, or animal welfare, resulting in distortion of competition or downward pressure on European agricultural prices.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE779.036

Status and procedure

Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.

Vote held on: 16.12.2025
Latest recorded step: Official Journal · 19.03.2026 (239 days ago)
Next scheduled step: No further step is scheduled in the source.
Publication in the Official Journal recorded: 19.03.2026

Procedure timeline

2025/0322(COD) · COD

Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.

Recorded: Committee stage20.11.20254 days until the next step
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Recorded: Plenary09.12.20257 days until the next step
Recorded: Negotiations16.12.202542 days until the next step
Recorded: Committee stage27.01.20267 days until the next step
Recorded: Plenary03.02.202636 days until the next step
Recorded: Signature11.03.20268 days until the next step
Latest recorded: Official Journal19.03.2026

Recorded activities (38)

20.11.2025Committee report tabled
24.11.2025Referral to committee
27.11.2025Committee amendments tabled
02.12.2025Committee opinion adopted
08.12.2025Committee report adopted
09.12.2025Tabling for plenary
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10.12.2025Tabling for plenary
15.12.2025Tabling for plenary
16.12.2025Text amended in plenary
16.12.2025Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
16.12.2025Plenary vote
16.12.2025Plenary vote results
17.12.2025Interinstitutional negotiations
27.01.2026Provisional agreement approved in committee
03.02.2026Tabling for plenary
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04.02.2026Tabling for plenary
10.02.2026Parliament’s first-reading position
10.02.2026Plenary vote
10.02.2026Plenary vote results
11.03.2026Signature
19.03.2026Publication in the Official Journal

Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)

16.12.2025Plenary vote
10.02.2026Plenary vote

Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved: 06.11.2026

Sources

Roll-call minutes Parliament document Procedure file (OEIL)

Data: EP Open Data API

What is this about?

This regulation establishes a bilateral safeguard clause for agricultural products under the EU-MERCOSUR agreement.
Its aim is to protect sensitive agricultural sectors from market disruptions caused by increased imports from Mercosur countries.
The Commission is required to continuously monitor imports of sensitive products and submit quarterly reports.
Thresholds for triggering safeguard measures have been lowered to enable faster responses to price pressures or volume increases.
Politically, this seeks to strengthen confidence in the trade agreement and ensure fair competition.

Source: Explanatory Statement (AI Generated)

Vote by political group

How the political groups voted

Non-attached Members (NI)

For19

19For
7Against
2Abstention
2Did not vote

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Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN)

For23

23For
0Against
0Abstention
4Did not vote

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European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

For60

60For
10Against
2Abstention
7Did not vote

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Patriots for Europe (PfE)

For77

77For
1Against
0Abstention
7Did not vote

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European People's Party (EPP)

For16

16For
150Against
5Abstention
17Did not vote

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The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)

For3

3For
39Against
0Abstention
4Did not vote

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Renew Europe (Renew)

For2

2For
63Against
1Abstention
9Did not vote

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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)

For0

0For
113Against
0Abstention
23Did not vote

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Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)

For0

0For
49Against
0Abstention
4Did not vote

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Members

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Vote Position
Name	Country	Group	Vote Position
Petr Bystron	Germany	ESN	For
Guillaume Peltier	France	ECR	For
Monika Beňová	Slovakia	NI	For
Patryk Jaki	Poland	ECR	For
Mario Mantovani	Italy	ECR	For
Alexander Jungbluth	Germany	ESN	For
Małgorzata Gosiewska	Poland	ECR	For
Bert-Jan Ruissen	Netherlands	ECR	For
Piotr Müller	Poland	ECR	For
Emmanouil Fragkos	Greece	ECR	For