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Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data

Effect
Passed
Result
630 for · 1 against · 6 abstained roll call
Date
6 February 2024, 12:59
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0143
Source
Committee report by Cornelia Ernst
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
163769
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 630 for, 1 against, 6 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; 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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 13Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 28Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 63Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 37Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 86Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 24Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 24Against 0Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 1Against 0Abst. 1Majority line TieClear line Divided
No groupFor 4Against 0Abst. 2Majority line ForClear 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

The final vote by national delegation.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

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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Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 1

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0361/2023 – Cornelia Ernst – Provisional agreement – Am 14 Roll call630 for, 1 against, 6 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0143(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 March 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 11 May 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 13 November 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 15 November 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 6 February 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 19 March 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: MEP #96852 (The Left)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data”. Decision, 6 February 2024. votingId 163769, document A-9-2023-0361, reference 2023-0143. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-06/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 6 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-06-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 6 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-06-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-06, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-06/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-06-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-06},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-06/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-06/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163769, document A-9-2023-0361, reference 2023-0143. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-06-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-06-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-06 (CC BY 4.0)}
}