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2023/0212(COD)

Establishment of the digital euro

votedEuropean Union· European Parliament· EN

Introduced

19 October 2023

Last action

13 July 2026 · interinstitutional negotiation

Status

PLENARY_VOTE

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23 official languages
  • Bulgarian

    Създаване на цифровото евро

  • Czech

    Zavedení digitálního eura

  • Danish

    Indførelse af den digitale euro

  • German

    Einführung des digitalen Euro

  • Greek

    Θέσπιση του ψηφιακού ευρώ

  • Spanish

    Instauración del euro digital

  • Estonian

    Digieuro kehtestamine

  • Finnish

    Digitaalisen euron käyttöönotto

  • French

    Création d'un euro numérique

  • Irish

    Bunú an euro dhigitigh

  • Croatian

    Uvođenje digitalnog eura

  • Hungarian

    A digitális euró létrehozása

  • Italian

    Istituzione dell'euro digitale

  • Lithuanian

    Skaitmeninio euro sukūrimas

  • Latvian

    Digitālā euro izveide

  • Maltese

    L-istabbiliment tal-euro diġitali

  • Dutch

    Vaststelling van de digitale euro

  • Polish

    Ustanowienie cyfrowego euro

  • Portuguese

    Criação do euro digital

  • Romanian

    Instituirea monedei euro digitale

  • Slovak

    Zavedenie digitálneho eura

  • Slovenian

    Uvedba digitalnega eura

  • Swedish

    Inrättandet av den digitala euron

Records

Official bill 2023/0212(COD) from European Union at European Parliament. Dated 19 October 2023. Status: PLENARY_VOTE.

Timeline

  1. 19 October 2023

    referral

    Source: REFERRAL

  2. 19 October 2023

    Introduced

    Establishment of the digital euro

    Source: COD

  3. 14 November 2023

    committee tabling opinion

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_OPINION

  4. 9 February 2024

    committee tabling report

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_REPORT

  5. 15 July 2025

    committee adopting opinion

    Source: COMMITTEE_ADOPTING_OPINION

  6. 3 November 2025

    committee tabling report

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_REPORT

  7. 19 December 2025

    committee tabling amendment

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_AMENDMENT

  8. 19 December 2025

    committee tabling amendment

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_AMENDMENT

  9. 19 December 2025

    committee tabling amendment

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_AMENDMENT

  10. 19 December 2025

    committee tabling amendment

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_AMENDMENT

  11. 23 June 2026

    committee adopting report

    Source: COMMITTEE_ADOPTING_REPORT

  12. 26 June 2026

    tabling plenary

    Source: TABLING_PLENARY

  13. 9 July 2026

    plenary endorse committee interinstitutional negotiations

    Source: PLENARY_ENDORSE_COMMITTEE_INTERINSTITUTIONAL_NEGOTIATIONS

  14. 9 July 2026

    Plenary vote

    Source: PLENARY_VOTE

  15. 9 July 2026

    Vote results

    Source: PLENARY_VOTE_RESULTS

  16. 9 July 2026

    Plenary vote

    Source: PLENARY_VOTE

  17. 13 July 2026

    interinstitutional negotiation

    Source: INTERINSTITUTIONAL_NEGOTIATION

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ΕΚΘΕΣΗ σχετικά με την πρόταση κανονισμού του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου για τη θέσπιση του ψηφιακού ευρώ

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  • ΕΚΘΕΣΗ σχετικά με την πρόταση κανονισμού του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου για τη θέσπιση του ψηφιακού ευρώ

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  • ΕΚΘΕΣΗ σχετικά με την πρόταση κανονισμού του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου για τη θέσπιση του ψηφιακού ευρώ

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  • SPRAWOZDANIE w sprawie wniosku dotyczącego rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie ustanowienia cyfrowego euro

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  • SPRAWOZDANIE w sprawie wniosku dotyczącego rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie ustanowienia cyfrowego euro

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  • PRANEŠIMAS dėl pasiūlymo dėl Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos reglamento dėl skaitmeninio euro sukūrimo

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  • PRANEŠIMAS dėl pasiūlymo dėl Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos reglamento dėl skaitmeninio euro sukūrimo

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  • BERICHT über den Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Einführung des digitalen Euro

    REPORT_PLENARY · DE · 13 July 2026

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  • BERICHT über den Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Einführung des digitalen Euro

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  • RAPORT referitor la propunerea de regulament al Parlamentului European și al Consiliului privind instituirea monedei euro digitale

    REPORT_PLENARY · RO · 13 July 2026

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  • RAPORT referitor la propunerea de regulament al Parlamentului European și al Consiliului privind instituirea monedei euro digitale

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  • RELAZIONE sulla proposta di regolamento del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio relativo all'istituzione dell'euro digitale

    REPORT_PLENARY · IT · 13 July 2026

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  • RELAZIONE sulla proposta di regolamento del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio relativo all'istituzione dell'euro digitale

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  • JELENTÉS a digitális euro létrehozásáról szóló európai parlamenti és tanácsi rendeletre irányuló javaslatról

    REPORT_PLENARY · HU · 13 July 2026

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  • JELENTÉS a digitális euro létrehozásáról szóló európai parlamenti és tanácsi rendeletre irányuló javaslatról

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  • INFORME sobre la propuesta de Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a la instauración del euro digital

    REPORT_PLENARY · ES · 13 July 2026

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  • INFORME sobre la propuesta de Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativo a la instauración del euro digital

    REPORT_PLENARY · ES · 13 July 2026

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  • TUARASCÁIL ar an togra le haghaidh Rialachán ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle maidir leis an euro digiteach a bhunú

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  • TUARASCÁIL ar an togra le haghaidh Rialachán ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle maidir leis an euro digiteach a bhunú

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  • RAPPORT dwar il-proposta għal regolament tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill dwar l-istabbiliment tal-euro diġitali

    REPORT_PLENARY · MT · 13 July 2026

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  • RAPPORT sur la proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil établissant l’euro numérique

    REPORT_PLENARY · FR · 13 July 2026

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  • MIETINTÖ ehdotuksesta Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston asetukseksi digitaalisen euron käyttöönotosta

    REPORT_PLENARY · FI · 13 July 2026

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  • VERSLAG over het voorstel voor een verordening van het Europees Parlement en Raad betreffende de vaststelling van de digitale euro

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  • POROČILO o predlogu uredbe Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta o uvedbi digitalnega eura

    REPORT_PLENARY · SL · 13 July 2026

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  • BETÆNKNING om forslag til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning om indførelse af den digitale euro

    REPORT_PLENARY · DA · 13 July 2026

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  • BETÆNKNING om forslag til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning om indførelse af den digitale euro

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  • SPRÁVA o návrhu nariadenia Európskeho parlamentu a Rady o zavedení digitálneho eura

    REPORT_PLENARY · SK · 13 July 2026

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  • ZPRÁVA k návrhu nařízení Evropského parlamentu a Rady o zavedení digitálního eura

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  • IZVJEŠĆE o Prijedlogu uredbe Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o uvođenju digitalnog eura

    REPORT_PLENARY · HR · 13 July 2026

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  • ZIŅOJUMS par priekšlikumu Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes regulai par digitālā euro izveidi

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  • BETÄNKANDE om förslaget till Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning om inrättandet av den digitala euron

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  • RELATÓRIO sobre a proposta de regulamento do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho relativo à criação do euro digital

    REPORT_PLENARY · PT · 13 July 2026

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  • RELATÓRIO sobre a proposta de regulamento do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho relativo à criação do euro digital

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  • RAPORT ettepaneku kohta võtta vastu Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu määrus digieuro kehtestamise kohta

    REPORT_PLENARY · ET · 13 July 2026

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  • ДОКЛАД относно предложението за регламент на Европейския парламент и на Съвета относно създаването на цифровото евро

    REPORT_PLENARY · BG · 10 July 2026

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  • ДОКЛАД относно предложението за регламент на Европейския парламент и на Съвета относно създаването на цифровото евро

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  • REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro

    REPORT_PLENARY · EN · 2 July 2026

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    REPORT_PLENARY · EN · 2 July 2026

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  • GROZĪJUMI Nr. 1153 - 1525 - Ziņojuma projekts Digitālā euro izveide

    AMENDMENT_LIST · LV · 22 January 2026

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    AMENDMENT_LIST · LV · 22 January 2026

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