Decision

Union certification framework for carbon removals

Effect: Passed
Result: 441 for · 139 against · 41 abstained roll call
Date: 10 April 2024, 18:42
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

More facts (7)

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0329
Dossier: 2022-0394
Source: Committee report by Lídia Pereira
Votes: 2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166844

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0329
Dossier: 2022-0394
Source: Committee report by Lídia Pereira
Votes: 2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 166844

Cite this page Roll-call results (EP)

Link to this page

Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by The Left, ECR, Patriots 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 1	Against 10	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 22	Against 3	Abst. 3	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 60	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 39	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 81	Against 2	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 3	Against 21	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Patriots	For 1	Against 15	Abst. 11	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
ESN	For 0	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 3	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line For	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.

The breakdown by country is not available right now.

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.

Show all 621 members

Debate speakers and how they voted

The debate speakers are not available right now.

All votes on this decision, 2

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 A9-0329/2023 – Lídia Pereira – Provisional agreement – Am 158	Roll call	441 for, 139 against, 41 abstained Adopted
2	Commission statement	Show of hands	Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0329

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0394(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 December 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 1 February 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 October 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 3 November 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 6 December 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: Lídia PEREIRA (EPP)

Connections

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

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/18
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Union certification framework for carbon removals”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166844, document A-9-2023-0329, reference 2022-0394. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/18 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-10-18,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Union certification framework for carbon removals}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/18}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/18},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166844, document A-9-2023-0329, reference 2022-0394. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}