Decision

Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions

Effect: Passed
Result: 550 for · 14 against · 64 abstained roll call
Date: 17 January 2024, 12:21
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (8)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0002
Dossier: 2023-0272
Source: Committee report by Marlene Mortler
Votes: 7 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: EPP (1 roll call, 1 separate vote)
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163299

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0002
Dossier: 2023-0272
Source: Committee report by Marlene Mortler
Votes: 7 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by: EPP (1 roll call, 1 separate vote)
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163299

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 adopted) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 rejected). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; ECR and Patriots mostly abstained; ESN split.

Groups

Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Members’ votes by their current group. Majority: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group’s votes, otherwise Divided.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 13	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 25	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 61	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 82	Against 3	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 12	Against 0	Abst. 13	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 10	Against 1	Abst. 18	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 2	Abst. 2	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided
No group	For 5	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For

Voted against their group, 0

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast) of their group — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

Countries

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Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call — groups as of today: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.

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All votes on this decision, 7

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
1	Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively	Show of hands	Adopted
2	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible - separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point a Regulation (EU) 2017/852 Article 10, paragraph 2 a, after subparagraph 1	Counted	278 for, 334 against, 6 abstained Rejected

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible - separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point a Regulation (EU) 2017/852 Article 10, paragraph 2 a, after subparagraph 1	Counted	278 for, 334 against, 6 abstained Rejected

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 1, point 1, point b Regulation (EU) 2017/852 Article 10, paragraph 7, after subparagraph 1	Show of hands	Rejected
5	Amendment 16, adding text after recital 4 A9-0002/2024 – Marlene Mortler – After recital 4 – Am 16	Roll call	305 for, 218 against, 101 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: EPP
6	Final vote A9-0002/2024 – Marlene Mortler – Commission proposal	Roll call	550 for, 14 against, 64 abstained Adopted
7	Referral back to committee Referral back (Rule 59(4) of the Rules of Procedure)	Show of hands	Adopted

Roll call requested by EPP · separate votes by EPP.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0002

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0272(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 July 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 11 September 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 11 January 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 12 January 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 10 July 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: MEP #197427 (EPP)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/3
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions”. Decision, 17 January 2024. votingId 163299, document A-9-2024-0002, reference 2023-0272. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-17-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163299, document A-9-2024-0002, reference 2023-0272. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}