Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final., Climate & environment
Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
Passed by an overwhelming majority
Parliament adopted its position on the law.
- For
- 540
- Against
- 60
- Abstained
- 45
roll-call vote at 14:21 · 84% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Dimitris Tsiodras, Piotr Müller · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · Report A-10-2026-0104
AI:What this decision does
Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to simplify requirements and procedures for chemical products, amending rules on classification, labelling and packaging, cosmetics, and fertilising products.§1: source passage in the text The adopted text aims to reduce administrative burdens while maintaining high protection levels, for example by making labelling rules more flexible and streamlining approval procedures for cosmetic ingredients.§2: source passage in the text Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal, and forwards its position to the Council, the Commission and national parliaments.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots; Against: The Left; Abstained: ESN
- The Left Against 1 for, 40 against, 0 abstainedof 46
- Greens For 35 for, 0 against, 10 abstainedof 54
- S&D For 118 for, 4 against, 0 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 63 for, 0 against, 2 abstainedof 77
- EPP For 162 for, 1 against, 0 abstainedof 188
- ECR For 81 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 81
- Patriots For 61 for, 3 against, 10 abstainedof 86
- ESN Abstained 6 for, 0 against, 21 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 13 for, 12 against, 2 abstainedof 30
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
37 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
The Left voted against (40 of 41). For: 1
Nikolas Farantouris (Greece)
Greens voted for (35 of 45). Abstained: 10
Ana Miranda Paz (Spain), Cristina Guarda (Italy), David Cormand (France), Diana Riba I Giner (Spain), Katrin Langensiepen (Germany)
5 more from Greens
Marie Toussaint (France), Mélissa Camara (France), Saskia Bricmont (Belgium), Tilly Metz (Luxembourg), Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Spain)
S&D voted for (118 of 122). Against: 4
Csaba Molnár (Hungary), Elio Di Rupo (Belgium), Estelle Ceulemans (Belgium), Klára Dobrev (Hungary)
Renew voted for (63 of 65). Abstained: 2
Christophe Grudler (France), Yvan Verougstraete (Belgium)
EPP voted for (162 of 163). Against: 1
Tomáš Zdechovský (Czechia)
Patriots voted for (61 of 74). Against: 3, Abstained: 10
Afroditi Latinopoulou (Greece, abstained), Anna Maria Cisint (Italy, against), Elisabeth Dieringer (Austria, abstained), Georg Mayer (Austria, abstained), Gerald Hauser (Austria, abstained)
8 more from Patriots
Harald Vilimsky (Austria, abstained), Isabella Tovaglieri (Italy, against), Jorge Martín Frías (Spain, abstained), Paolo Borchia (Italy, abstained), Petra Steger (Austria, abstained), Roman Haider (Austria, abstained), Silvia Sardone (Italy, against), Susanna Ceccardi (Italy, abstained)
ESN abstained (21 of 27). For: 6
Anja Arndt (Germany), Ivan David (Czechia), Roberto Vannacci (Italy), Sarah Knafo (France), Tomasz Froelich (Germany)
1 more from ESN
Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary)
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How it got here
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 13 amendments (13 rejected) and 20 parts of the text voted on separately (7 adopted, 10 rejected, 3 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.