Decision

Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)

Effect: Passed
Result: 523 for · 26 against · 69 abstained roll call
Date: 28 February 2024, 12:51
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0023
Dossier: 2023-0128
Source: Committee report
Votes: 4 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Final vote: 164605

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0023
Dossier: 2023-0128
Source: Committee report
Votes: 4 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Final vote: 164605

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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 2 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 1 rejected).

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

Groups

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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 8	Against 3	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 2	Against 1	Abst. 26	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
S&D	For 61	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 38	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 91	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 21	Against 1	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 25	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 3	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
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

The final vote by national delegation.

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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, 4

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	Separate vote on Article 26	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Separate vote on Article 26	Show of hands	Adopted
4	Final vote Certificat complémentaire de protection pour les produits phytopharmaceutiques (refonte) - Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast) - Ergänzendes Schutzzertifikat für Pflanzenschutzmittel (Neufassung) - A9-0023/2024 - Tiemo Wölken - Proposition de la Commission	Roll call	523 for, 26 against, 69 abstained Adopted

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result
2	Separate vote on Article 26	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Separate vote on Article 26	Show of hands	Adopted
4	Final vote Certificat complémentaire de protection pour les produits phytopharmaceutiques (refonte) - Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast) - Ergänzendes Schutzzertifikat für Pflanzenschutzmittel (Neufassung) - A9-0023/2024 - Tiemo Wölken - Proposition de la Commission	Roll call	523 for, 26 against, 69 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0023

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The Committee on Legal Affairs adopts Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation on the supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, a recast of Regulation (EC) No 1610/96.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0128(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 28 February 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.

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Referred to committee · 11 September 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 January 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 1 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 28 February 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council (to come)
Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D)

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/2024-02-28/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 26 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)”. Decision, 28 February 2024. votingId 164605, document A-9-2024-0023, reference 2023-0128. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/4 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 February 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-02-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-02-28-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-02-28/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 164605, document A-9-2024-0023, reference 2023-0128. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-02-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-02-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}