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Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)

Effect
Passed
Result
404 for · 202 against · 16 abstained roll call
Date
10 April 2024, 18:32
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Dossier
2016-0132
Source
Committee report by Jorge Buxadé Villalba
Votes
5 votes · 4 roll calls
Requested by
ID (1 roll call)
Final vote
166929
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Result

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

Final vote: 404 for, 202 against, 16 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 lapsed).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; 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 0Against 13Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
GreensFor 0Against 29Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
S&DFor 52Against 10Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 34Against 2Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 77Against 6Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 17Against 8Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 17Against 7Abst. 3Majority line ForClear line Divided
ESNFor 2Against 0Abst. 2Majority line TieClear line Divided
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, 5

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
1Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act A8-0212/2017 – Jorge Buxadé Villalba – Request to vote on the amendments to the draft legislative act Roll call100 for, 519 against, 4 abstained Rejected
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A8-0212/2017 – Jorge Buxadé Villalba – Provisional agreement – Am 158 Roll call404 for, 202 against, 16 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
4Separate vote on recital 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Final vote on the provisional agreement A8-0212/2017 – Jorge Buxadé Villalba – Provisional agreement – Am 158 Roll call404 for, 202 against, 16 abstained Adopted
3Final vote Text as a whole Show of hands Lapsed
4Separate vote on recital 10 Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
5Final vote Commission proposal Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed

Roll call requested by ID.

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2016/0132(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 September 2016 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 30 May 2017 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 9 June 2017 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 14 February 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 22 May 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA (ECR)

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). “Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)”. Decision, 10 April 2024. votingId 166929, document A-8-2017-0212, reference 2016-0132. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/7 (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-2024-04-10-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-10/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 166929, document A-8-2017-0212, reference 2016-0132. 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)}
}