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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

32 votes in the order they were taken.Links open the , where every MEP’s position is recorded.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (5 adopted, 3 rejected) and 21 parts of the text voted on separately (17 rejected, 4 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

· 1

  1. Vote 1:Proposal to reject the text

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Proposal for rejection

    Rejected 172 for, 435 against, 14 abstained

    12:45

· 8

  1. Vote 2:Amendment 1, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – Am 1

    Adopted 540 for, 21 against, 60 abstained

    12:45

    Roll call requested by S&D

  2. Vote 5:Amendment 5, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – Am 5

    Adopted 235 for, 203 against, 174 abstained

    12:46

    Roll call requested by Greens

  3. Vote 7:Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 1

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – Am 2/1

    Adopted 469 for, 77 against, 70 abstained

    12:46

    Roll call requested by S&D, Patriots · split vote by Patriots

    The part voted on

    ‘the technologies used for the purpose set out in point (a)(i) of this paragraph are in accordance with the state of the art in the industry and are the least privacy-intrusive, including with regard to the principle of data protection by design and by default laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, to the extent that they are used to scan text in communications, they are not able to deduce the substance of the content of the communications but are solely able to detect patterns which point to possible online child sexual abuse,’

  4. Vote 8:Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 2

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – Am 2/2

    Adopted 334 for, 251 against, 25 abstained

    12:46

    Roll call requested by S&D, Patriots · split vote by Patriots

    The part voted on

    ‘and, where such technologies are used for the detection of solicitation of children or previously unidentified online child sexual abuse material, such use shall be limited to cases where the provider has received a concrete report or notification from a user, a trusted flagger, or an organisation acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse concerning a specific communication, account or interaction indicating a reasonable suspicion of online child sexual abuse, and the detection shall be strictly limited to what is necessary in relation to that reported case.’

  5. Vote 19:Amendment 3 to Article 1

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Article 1 – paragraph 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 10 – Am 3

    Adopted 488 for, 92 against, 45 abstained

    12:47

    Roll call requested by S&D

  6. Vote 23:Amendment 10, adding text after recital 3

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 3 – Am 10

    Rejected 195 for, 424 against, 8 abstained

    12:47

    Roll call requested by Patriots

  7. Vote 27:Amendment 18, adding text after recital 4

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 4 – Am 18

    Rejected 270 for, 325 against, 9 abstained

    12:48

    Roll call requested by ECR

  8. Vote 29:Amendment 12, adding text after recital 5

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – After recital 5 – Am 12

    Rejected 201 for, 413 against, 9 abstained

    12:48

    Roll call requested by Patriots

· 21

21 votes on parts of the text: 17 rejected, 4 lapsed or other

  1. Vote 3:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

    Lapsed show of hands

  2. Vote 4:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

    Lapsed show of hands

  3. Vote 6:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

    Lapsed show of hands

  4. Vote 9:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

    Lapsed show of hands

  5. Vote 10:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

    Rejected show of hands

  6. Vote 11:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e

    Rejected show of hands

  7. Vote 12:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f

    Rejected show of hands

  8. Vote 13:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g

    Rejected show of hands

  9. Vote 14:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g

    Rejected show of hands

  10. Vote 15:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h

    Rejected show of hands

  11. Vote 16:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h

    Rejected show of hands

  12. Vote 17:Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021 — part 1232

    Before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j

    Rejected show of hands

  13. Vote 18:Separate vote on Article 1, before paragraph 1

    Rejected show of hands

  14. Vote 20:Separate vote on recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  15. Vote 21:Vote on text inserted after recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  16. Vote 22:Vote on text inserted after recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  17. Vote 24:Vote on text inserted after recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  18. Vote 25:Vote on text inserted after recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  19. Vote 26:Vote on text inserted after recital 3

    Rejected show of hands

  20. Vote 28:Separate vote on recital 5

    Rejected show of hands

  21. Vote 30:Vote on text inserted after recital 7

    Rejected show of hands

· 1

  1. Vote 31:Final vote · the decisive vote

    A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposal

    Passed 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstained

    12:48

Procedural votes · 1

  1. Vote 32:Referral back to committee

    Request for referral back

    Adopted show of hands

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