Tuesday 12 March 2024
17 decisions · 15 passed · 1 failed · 1 without a final vote · 33 A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. · 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.
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New EU law
Decision 1:Industrial Emissions Directive
Report by Radan Kanev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 393 for · 173 against · 49 abstained by a large majority
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New EU law
Decision 2:Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures
Report by Sophia in 't Veld · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 543 for · 45 against · 27 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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New EU law
Decision 3:Industrial Emissions Portal
Report by Radan Kanev · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 506 for · 82 against · 25 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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New EU law
Decision 4:Weights and dimensions of certain road vehicles
Report by Isabel García Muñoz · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 330 for · 207 against · 74 abstained by a clear majority
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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 · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 565 for · 14 against · 37 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 6:Energy performance of buildings (recast)
Report by Ciarán Cuffe · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 370 for · 199 against · 46 abstained by a clear majority
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Decision 7:Amending certain financial services and investment support regulations as regards certain reporting requirements
Report by Othmar Karas · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 580 for · 2 against · 32 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 8:Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020
Report by Nicola Danti · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 517 for · 12 against · 78 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 9:Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Report by Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 467 for · 65 against · 74 abstained by a large majority
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Decision 10:European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002
Report by Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 570 for · 20 against · 14 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 11:Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products
Report by Maria Grapini · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 596 for · 7 against · 5 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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Decision 12:Liability for defective products
Report by Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed 543 for · 6 against · 58 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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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
Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.
Passed Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
International agreements & consent · 1
Treaties and agreements Parliament can only approve or refuse as a whole — no amendments are possible.
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International agreement
Decision 14:Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No 190) of the International Labour Organization
Report by Cindy Franssen, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Consent given 517 for · 59 against · 26 abstained by an overwhelming majority
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.