Decision

Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Effect: Passed
Result: 467 for · 65 against · 74 abstained roll call
Date: 12 March 2024, 13:37–13:40
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0056
Dossier: 2023-0085
Source: Committee report by Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip
Votes: 30 votes · 4 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by: Greens (1 roll call) · Renew (1 separate vote) · EPP (1 separate vote) · ECR (1 split vote, 1 separate vote) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Tuesday 12 March 2024
Final vote: 166226

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0056
Dossier: 2023-0085
Source: Committee report by Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip
Votes: 30 votes · 4 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by: Greens (1 roll call) · Renew (1 separate vote) · EPP (1 separate vote) · ECR (1 split vote, 1 separate vote) · ID (1 roll call)
Sitting: Tuesday 12 March 2024
Final vote: 166226

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 adopted) and 22 parts of the text voted on separately (9 adopted, 5 rejected, 8 lapsed).

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

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 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 62	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 31	Against 0	Abst. 5	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 81	Against 1	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 1	Against 10	Abst. 13	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 10	Against 10	Abst. 6	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 1	Against 3	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	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, 30

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	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
5	Amendment 48 A9-0056/2024 – Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 48	Roll call	466 for, 129 against, 15 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Greens
6	Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote	Show of hands	Adopted
7	Amendment 145 A9-0056/2024 – Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 145	Roll call	454 for, 110 against, 44 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Greens
8	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2, point k	Counted	318 for, 280 against, 4 abstained Adopted
9	Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2, point k	Show of hands	Lapsed
10	Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 1, point h	Show of hands	Adopted
11	Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 1, point h	Show of hands	Lapsed
12	Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 1, after point h	Show of hands	Adopted
13	Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 1, after point h	Show of hands	Lapsed
14	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Adopted
15	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
16	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Adopted
17	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
18	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
19	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Adopted
20	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Lapsed
21	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Rejected
22	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 3	Show of hands	Adopted
23	Separate vote on Article 3, after paragraph 4	Show of hands	Adopted
24	Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 2	Show of hands	Rejected
25	Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1	Show of hands	Rejected
26	Separate vote on Article 17, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2	Show of hands	Rejected
27	Separate vote on recital 32	Show of hands	Adopted
28	Separate vote on recital 32	Roll call	0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
29	Vote on text inserted after recital 68	Counted	209 for, 315 against, 80 abstained Rejected
30	Final vote A9-0056/2024 – Cyrus Engerer, Andrus Ansip – Commission proposal	Roll call	467 for, 65 against, 74 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by Greens, ID · split votes by ECR · separate votes by Renew, EPP, ECR.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0056

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a Green Claims Directive requires traders to substantiate and communicate explicit environmental claims, and to have them verified before publication.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0085(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament adopted its position on 12 March 2024. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way (last trilogue 24 April 2025).

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Referred to committee · 1 June 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 14 February 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 23 February 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 12 March 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Trilogue 24 April 2025 (current stage)
Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Delara BURKHARDT (S&D), MEP #209091 (S&D), MEP #124696 (Renew), Sandro GOZI (Renew)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/9
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

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European Parliament (2024). “Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)”. Decision, 12 March 2024. votingId 166226, document A-9-2024-0056, reference 2023-0085. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/9 (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-2024-03-12-9,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/9}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-12/9},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166226, document A-9-2024-0056, reference 2023-0085. 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)}
}