Decision

Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse

Effect: Passed
Result: 469 for · 112 against · 37 abstained roll call
Date: 10 April 2024, 18:44
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0021
Dossier: 2023-0452
Source: Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 167712

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0021
Dossier: 2023-0452
Source: Committee report by Birgit Sippel
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote: 167712

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Result

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Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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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 5	Against 6	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
Greens	For 0	Against 27	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 57	Against 2	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 32	Against 6	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 82	Against 1	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 21	Against 3	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 24	Against 1	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 1	Against 0	Abst. 3	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Abstained
No group	For 2	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided

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Nobody voted against a clear line of their group.

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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 A9-0021/2024 – Birgit Sippel – Provisional agreement – Am 13	Roll call	469 for, 112 against, 37 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2024-0021

Dossier

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2023/0452(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse

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

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 15 January 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 31 January 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 1 February 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 14 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Birgit SIPPEL (S&D)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/20
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

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European Parliament (2024). “Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 167712, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/20 (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-2024-04-10-20,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Temporary derogation: combating online child sexual abuse}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/20}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/20},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 167712, document A-9-2024-0021, reference 2023-0452. 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)}
}