Decision
Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse
- Effect
- Negotiating mandate approved
- Result
- 496 for · 111 against · 22 abstained roll call
- Date
- 7 February 2024, 12:52
- Kind
- New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Counts are for
- the decision to open negotiations with the Council
- Text
- Report A-9-2024-0021
- Dossier
- 2023-0452
- Source
- Committee report by Birgit Sippel
- Votes
- 1 vote · 1 roll call
- Requested by
- Greens (1 roll call)
- Sitting
- Wednesday 7 February 2024
- Final vote
- 164216
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 496 for, 111 against, 22 abstained (roll call).
Negotiating mandate approved.
Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.
Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; ESN mostly abstained.
Groups
Members counted in their current group: the view with groups at the date of the vote is not available right now.
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | Majority line | Clear line | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 2 | Against 6 | Abst. 2 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | |
| Greens | For 5 | Against 22 | Abst. 1 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | |
| S&D | For 61 | Against 1 | Abst. 0 | Majority line For | Clear line For | |
| Renew | For 32 | Against 7 | Abst. 0 | Majority line For | Clear line For | |
| EPP | For 88 | Against 0 | Abst. 1 | Majority line For | Clear line For | |
| ECR | For 24 | Against 3 | Abst. 1 | Majority line For | Clear line For | |
| Patriots | For 24 | Against 1 | Abst. 2 | Majority line For | Clear line For | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 0 | Abst. 2 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Abstained | |
| No group | For 2 | Against 4 | Abst. 0 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
The debate speakers are not available right now.
All votes on this decision, 1
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote A9-0021/2024 – Birgit Sippel – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations | Roll call | 496 for, 111 against, 22 abstained Adopted |
Roll call requested by Greens.
Text
The text voted on.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2023/0452(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 May 2024 and now EU law.
Show the 6 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 15 January 2024 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 31 January 2024 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 1 February 2024 (done)
- Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
- Published as law · 14 May 2024 (done)
Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Birgit SIPPEL (S&D)
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
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2024). “Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse”. Decision, 7 February 2024. votingId 164216, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-07-1,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-02-07},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-07/1},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 164216, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}