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Regulation on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition (recast)

Effect
Passed
Result
537 for · 40 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date
23 April 2024, 13:50
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2022-0288
Source
Committee report by Bernd Lange
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168301
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Result

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

Final vote: 537 for, 40 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 and ECR; opposed by ESN; Patriots 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 10Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 60Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 38Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 81Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 20Against 1Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 8Against 6Abst. 11Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 3Against 0Abst. 2Majority 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 A9-0312/2023 – Bernd Lange – Provisional agreement – Am 93 Roll call537 for, 40 against, 28 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0288(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol) (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 January 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 November 2022 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 October 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 30 October 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 20 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 23 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 22 January 2025 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Bernd LANGE (S&D)

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). “Regulation on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition (recast)”. Decision, 23 April 2024. votingId 168301, document A-9-2023-0312, reference 2022-0288. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/11 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-23/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-23-11,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Regulation on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition (recast)}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/11}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/11},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168301, document A-9-2023-0312, reference 2022-0288. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-23-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23 (CC BY 4.0)}
}