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Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

Effect
Consent given
Result
493 for · 5 against · 107 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 19:14
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0296
Source
Committee report by Marco Campomenosi
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
167417
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Result

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Final vote: 493 for, 5 against, 107 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

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

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 1Against 1Abst. 11Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
GreensFor 3Against 0Abst. 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
S&DFor 55Against 0Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 38Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 81Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 25Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 21Against 0Abst. 5Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 4Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
No groupFor 2Against 0Abst. 3Majority line AbstainedClear 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

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Members

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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 draft Council decision A9-0078/2024 – Marco Campomenosi – Draft Council decision Roll call493 for, 5 against, 107 abstained Adopted

Text

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Dossier

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2023/0296(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 31 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 25 January 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 7 March 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 8 March 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 31 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: MEP #35016 (ID)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
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Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 167417, document A-9-2024-0078, reference 2023-0296. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/39 (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-2024-04-10-39,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/39}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/39},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 167417, document A-9-2024-0078, reference 2023-0296. 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)}
}