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Decision

Urban wastewater treatment

Effect
Passed
Result
481 for · 79 against · 26 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 19:23
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2022-0345
Source
Committee report by Nils Torvalds
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
167680
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Result

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

Final vote: 481 for, 79 against, 26 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and Patriots; opposed by ECR 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 11Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 57Against 2Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 34Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 79Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 7Against 10Abst. 8Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
PatriotsFor 11Against 10Abst. 4Majority line ForClear line Divided
ESNFor 0Against 3Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 2Against 3Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear 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 A9-0276/2023 – Nils Torvalds – Provisional agreement – Am 268 Roll call481 for, 79 against, 26 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0276

AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a recast directive on urban wastewater treatment sets rules on collection, treatment and discharge, access to sanitation, transparency and public health surveillance.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0345(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Urban wastewater treatment (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 19 January 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 20 September 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 26 September 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 12 December 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: MEP #114268 (Renew)

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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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Urban wastewater treatment”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 167680, document A-9-2023-0276, reference 2022-0345. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/33 (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-2024-04-10-33,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Urban wastewater treatment}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/33}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/33},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 167680, document A-9-2023-0276, reference 2022-0345. 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)}
}