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Decision

Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control

Effect
Passed
Result
593 for · 3 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:46
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0165
Source
Committee report by Vera Tax
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
166854
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Result

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

Final vote: 593 for, 3 against, 28 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 and Patriots; ESN split.

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 62Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 39Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 84Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 23Against 0Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 14Against 0Abst. 12Majority line ForClear line Divided
ESNFor 2Against 0Abst. 2Majority line TieClear line Divided
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 A9-0419/2023 – Vera Tax – Provisional agreement – Am 41 Roll call593 for, 3 against, 28 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0165(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 16 December 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 July 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 20 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 16 December 2024 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: MEP #197756 (S&D)

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.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166854, document A-9-2023-0419, reference 2023-0165. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/23 (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-2024-04-10-23,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/23}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/23},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166854, document A-9-2023-0419, reference 2023-0165. 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)}
}