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Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector

Effect
Passed
Result
613 for · 3 against · 7 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:44
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-9-2023-0422
Dossier
2023-0164
Source
Committee report by Caroline Nagtegaal
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Final vote
166858
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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.

Final vote: 613 for, 3 against, 7 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, 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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 13Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 61Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 39Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 83Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 24Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 27Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 3Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
No groupFor 3Against 2Abst. 0Majority line ForClear 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.

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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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0422/2023 – Caroline Nagtegaal – Provisional agreement – Am 36 Roll call613 for, 3 against, 7 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0422

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Directive 2009/18/EC on maritime accident investigation. It adds a preliminary assessment for very serious casualties involving fishing vessels under 15 metres, shortens investigation deadlines, and requires reports within 12 months.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0164(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

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

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 June 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 7 December 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 8 December 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 6 December 2024 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: MEP #190519 (Renew)

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/22
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166858, document A-9-2023-0422, reference 2023-0164. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/22 (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-2024-04-10-22,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/22}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/22},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166858, document A-9-2023-0422, reference 2023-0164. 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)}
}