Trilog

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Due diligence: Council aims for agreement by end of November
The Spanish Presidency of the Council aims to conclude trilogue negotiations between the Council, Parliament and Commission on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) law by the end of November. According to information available to Table.Media, the third negotiation session on Thursday was constructive, but negotiators are still “far from a compromise”.According to the […] continue reading →
The long night of trilogues
Trilogue agreements are often concluded in the middle of the night or even in the early morning hours before sunrise. Technically, these working hours are neither healthy nor natural. For us journalists and the publication cycle of Europe.Table, this is sometimes quite complicated. continue reading →
Restoration: trilogue to be serious after the summer break
Yesterday, the trilogue on the controversial text on the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) started. The trilogue on Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) also started. The actual negotiations will start after the parliamentary summer break. However, the schedule for the technical trilogues of the two texts has not yet been set.Both trilogues are about meeting the goals […] continue reading →
Data Act: mixed reactions to the agreement
Just how fiercely controversial the Data Act was, can be seen in the reactions to the compromise agreed by Parliament and the Council in the trilogue. Companies fear that their trade secrets will be at risk if they have to share data generated by machines.With the Data Act, the Commission wants to boost the data […] continue reading →
Data Act: agreement in sight
According to information from observers, the European Parliament and the Council have made “good progress” on the Data Act in the trilogue. Accordingly, the negotiating partners have reached a preliminary agreement on a large part of the obligations of companies to share data with the public sector (B2G data sharing, Chapter V). According to the […] continue reading →
Methane regulation: ITRE and ENVI vote for report
As expected, MEPs in the two lead committees (Environment and Industry) voted in favor of Green Party negotiator Jutta Paulus’ proposal on Methane Regulation. Wednesday’s vote was clearly in favor of the text, with 114 votes in favor, 15 against, and three abstentions. The content goes well beyond the draft legislation presented by the Commission […] continue reading →
Data Act: Trilogue begins in late March
On Friday, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Member States (Coreper) agreed on a common position on the Data Act. This gives the Council a mandate for negotiations with the EU Parliament. The first, mainly organizational, date for the trilogue is March 29. The substantive negotiations are scheduled for April 4. The Parliament […] continue reading →
Parliament gives mandate for trilogue on Data Act
On Tuesday, the European Parliament gave a strong mandate for the Data Act trilogue. In plenary, 500 MEPs voted in favor of the bill proposed by lead rapporteur Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP). 23 parliamentarians voted against and 110 abstained. Now the Parliament is waiting for the Council to adopt a General Approach in order […] continue reading →
Energy Efficiency Directive: Parliament and Council at odds over ambition level
Setting the level of ambition in the target to reduce energy consumption remains the most contentious issue in the final trilogue on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Negotiations began at 2 p.m. yesterday and were still ongoing at press time.“This is the most difficult point of the negotiations,” reports a source close to the negotiations. […] continue reading →
Little progress on RED trilogue: conclusion by end of March uncertain
In the trilogue on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED3), Tuesday night, negotiators failed to agree on deadlines set for member states to map renewable energy acceleration areas. According to people involved in the trilogue, “Everything still needs to be negotiated.”These zones are referred to as “go-to-areas.” The article defining these privileged zones provides flexibility in […] continue reading →
DMA trilogue settlement: higher penalties and interoperability obligations, advertising case for DSA
As expected, Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement on the Digital Markets Act late last night. Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton explained that the DMA would “structure the digital space in the EU for the next 20 years.” Parliamentary rapporteur Andreas Schwab (CDU/EVP) said that some agreements were painful for the Parliament, but that […] continue reading →
Commission proposal: article X to regulate messenger interoperability in DMA
The organization Lobbycontrol has published a proposal from the EU Commission for the ongoing trilogue on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is intended to clarify the rules for interoperability regulations between messenger services. Article X, which means it is not yet numbered, includes much more specific rules on interoperability than the proposal of the […] continue reading →
DSA: Vestager wants Big Tech to pay for monitoring
During the second trilogue on the Digital Services Act (DSA), Parliament, the Council, and the Commission discussed some of the DSA’s major issues yesterday. However, the big surprise was not directly on the trilogue agenda: EU Vice President Margrethe Vestager wants to impose the costs for the monitoring of the very large platforms on them. […] continue reading →