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EU Parl Watch

Plenary session

Tuesday 12 March 2024

17 decisions · 15 passed · 1 failed · 1 without a final vote · 33 · 13:07–13:42

No AI brief of this day yet.

New EU laws · 13

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

  1. New EU law

    Decision 1:Industrial Emissions Directive

    Report by Radan Kanev ·

    Passed 393 for · 173 against · 49 abstained by a large majority

  2. New EU law

    Decision 2:Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures

    Report by Sophia in 't Veld ·

    Passed 543 for · 45 against · 27 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  3. New EU law

    Decision 3:Industrial Emissions Portal

    Report by Radan Kanev ·

    Passed 506 for · 82 against · 25 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  4. New EU law

    Decision 4:Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles

    Report by Isabel García Muñoz ·

    Passed 330 for · 207 against · 74 abstained by a clear majority

  5. New EU law

    Decision 5:Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

    Report by Tilly Metz ·

    Passed 565 for · 14 against · 37 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  6. New EU law

    Decision 6:Energy performance of buildings (recast)

    Report by Ciarán Cuffe ·

    Passed 370 for · 199 against · 46 abstained by a clear majority

  7. New EU law

    Decision 7:Amending certain financial services and investment support regulations as regards certain reporting requirements

    Report by Othmar Karas ·

    Passed 580 for · 2 against · 32 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  8. New EU law

    Decision 8:Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020

    Report by Nicola Danti ·

    Passed 517 for · 12 against · 78 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  9. New EU law

    Decision 9:Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

    Report by Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip ·

    Passed 467 for · 65 against · 74 abstained by a large majority

  10. New EU law

    Decision 10:European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002

    Report by Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar ·

    Passed 570 for · 20 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  11. New EU law

    Decision 11:Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products

    Report by Maria Grapini ·

    Passed 596 for · 7 against · 5 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  12. New EU law

    Decision 12:Liability for defective products

    Report by Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont ·

    Passed 543 for · 6 against · 58 abstained by an overwhelming majority

  13. New EU law

    Decision 13:Subscription by the Union to additional shares in the capital of the EBRD and amendment of the Agreement establishing the EBRD

    Passed Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.

Objections to Commission measures · 1

Parliament can object to technical rules the Commission adopts on its own. Against a delegated act an adopted objection is a veto; against most implementing measures (such as GMO authorisations) it is a call on the Commission to withdraw the measure, which is not legally binding.

  1. Objection to a Commission measure

    Objection under Rule 111(3)

    Decision 15:Union list of projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest

    Motion for a resolution

    Objection failed On the objection: 131 for · 431 against · 35 abstained by a large majority

Resolutions & reports · 1

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

  1. Resolution

    Decision 16:Extending Rule 168 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure until the end of the 10th parliamentary term

    Motion for a resolution

    Adopted 303 for · 200 against · 10 abstained by a clear majority

    Electronic vote: totals recorded, but not how each MEP voted.

Other decisions · 1

Elections, appointments and internal decisions of the Parliament.

  1. Other decision

    Decision 17:Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions – 2025

    Result not yet in the record Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.