Decision

Liability for defective products

Effect: Passed
Result: 543 for · 6 against · 58 abstained roll call
Date: 12 March 2024, 13:41
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0291
Dossier: 2022-0302
Source: Committee report by Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 12 March 2024
Final vote: 166053

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0291
Dossier: 2022-0302
Source: Committee report by Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 12 March 2024
Final vote: 166053

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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; ECR and 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.

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 28	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 64	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 36	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 87	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 8	Against 1	Abst. 14	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 23	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 1	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
No group	For 4	Against 0	Abst. 2	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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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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0291/2023 – Vlad-Marius Botoş, Pascal Arimont – Provisional agreement – Am 118	Roll call	543 for, 6 against, 58 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0291

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0302(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 18 November 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 17 October 2022 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 9 October 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 12 October 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 22 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 12 March 2024 (done)
Published as law · 18 November 2024 (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteurs: MEP #197668 (Renew), Pascal ARIMONT (EPP)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/12
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-12
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Liability for defective products”. Decision, 12 March 2024. votingId 166053, document A-9-2023-0291, reference 2022-0302. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-12-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-12-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-12, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-03-12/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-03-12-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Liability for defective products}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166053, document A-9-2023-0291, reference 2022-0302. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-12-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-12-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-12 (CC BY 4.0)}
}