P9_TA(2024)0310 – Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims – European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 April 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (COM(2022)0732 – C9-0431/2022 – 2022/0426(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-04-23
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament
Subjects: criminal law, criminal proceedings, fight against crime, help for victims, human rights, organised crime, penalty, trafficking in human beings




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C/2025/3737


17.9.2025






P9_TA(2024)0310

Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims


European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 April 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (COM(2022)0732 – C9-0431/2022 – 2022/0426(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2025/3737)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0732),










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having regard to Article 294(2), Article 82(2) and Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0431/2022),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 27 April 2023
                   (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 8 February 2024 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A9-0285/2023),










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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;










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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.







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            OJ C 228, 29.6.2023, p. 108.






P9_TC1-COD(2022)0426


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 April 2024 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/1712.)




ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3737/oj
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