Decision

Protection of the environment through criminal law

Effect: Passed
Result: 499 for · 100 against · 23 abstained roll call
Date: 27 February 2024, 12:31
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (7)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0087
Dossier: 2021-0422
Source: Committee report by Antonius Manders
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 27 February 2024
Final vote: 164462

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0087
Dossier: 2021-0422
Source: Committee report by Antonius Manders
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 27 February 2024
Final vote: 164462

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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.

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

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 12	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 30	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 31	Against 0	Abst. 5	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 86	Against 1	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 2	Against 25	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Patriots	For 14	Against 11	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 2	Against 2	Abst. 1	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided

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

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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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0087/2023 – Antonius Manders – Provisional agreement – Am 161	Roll call	499 for, 100 against, 23 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0087

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0422(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 April 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 27 January 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 21 March 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 28 March 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 December 2023 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 27 February 2024 (done)
Published as law · 30 April 2024 (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: MEP #4560 (EPP)

Connections

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

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/10
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-27
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Protection of the environment through criminal law”. Decision, 27 February 2024. votingId 164462, document A-9-2023-0087, reference 2021-0422. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/10 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-27-10,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protection of the environment through criminal law}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/10}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-27/10},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 164462, document A-9-2023-0087, reference 2021-0422. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}