Decision

Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership

Effect: Consent given
Result: 453 for · 34 against · 60 abstained roll call
Date: 14 March 2024, 12:25
Kind: International agreement · Consent procedure

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0081
Dossier: 2023-0450
Source: Committee report by Danilo Oscar Lancini
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Thursday 14 March 2024
Final vote: 166299

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0081
Dossier: 2023-0450
Source: Committee report by Danilo Oscar Lancini
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Thursday 14 March 2024
Final vote: 166299

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left; Greens 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 1	Against 8	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 26	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
S&D	For 53	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 73	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 22	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 21	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 4	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
No group	For 1	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.

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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 draft Council decision A9-0081/2024 – Danilo Oscar Lancini – Draft Council decision	Roll call	453 for, 34 against, 60 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0081

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0450(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 26 February 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 7 March 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 8 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 14 March 2024 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 14 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: MEP #192635 (ID)

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/2024-03-14/7
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 14 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 14 March 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-14
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership”. Decision, 14 March 2024. votingId 166299, document A-9-2024-0081, reference 2023-0450. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-14/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 14 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-14-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 14 March 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-14-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-14, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-03-14/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-03-14-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-03-14},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-14/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-03-14/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166299, document A-9-2024-0081, reference 2023-0450. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-14-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-03-14-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-03-14 (CC BY 4.0)}
}