Decision

Visa exemption for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate

Effect: Passed
Result: 406 for · 97 against · 94 abstained roll call
Date: 23 April 2024, 13:55
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0172
Dossier: 2023-0418
Source: Committee report by Matjaž Nemec
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Final vote: 168580

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2024-0172
Dossier: 2023-0418
Source: Committee report by Matjaž Nemec
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 23 April 2024
Final vote: 168580

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, S&D, Renew, EPP and Patriots; opposed by Greens and ESN; ECR 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.
Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 8	Against 1	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 0	Against 18	Abst. 11	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
S&D	For 43	Against 15	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 38	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 55	Against 3	Abst. 21	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 10	Against 1	Abst. 12	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided
Patriots	For 23	Against 0	Abst. 2	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 0	Against 2	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 4	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For

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

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote A9-0172/2024 – Matjaž Nemec – Commission proposal	Roll call	406 for, 97 against, 94 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0172

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0418(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (Koordinaciona uprava)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 September 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 11 December 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 9 April 2024 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 9 April 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 23 April 2024 (done)
Negotiations with the Council (done)
Published as law · 23 September 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Matjaž NEMEC (S&D)

Connections

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/14
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 23 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-23
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Visa exemption for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate”. Decision, 23 April 2024. votingId 168580, document A-9-2024-0172, reference 2023-0418. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/14 (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-2024-04-23-14,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Visa exemption for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/14}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/14},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168580, document A-9-2024-0172, reference 2023-0418. 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)}
}