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Decision

Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Effect
Passed
Result
555 for · 6 against · 45 abstained roll call
Date
23 April 2024, 13:59
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2022-0269
Source
Committee report by Samira Rafaela, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168448
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Result

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

Final vote: 555 for, 6 against, 45 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and 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 62Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 37Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 80Against 0Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 22Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 8Against 3Abst. 13Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided
ESNFor 3Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
No groupFor 4Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear 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

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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 A9-0306/2023 – Samira Rafaela, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques – Provisional agreement – Am 177 Roll call555 for, 6 against, 45 abstained Adopted

Text

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Dossier

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Connections

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Sources & citation

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Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market”. Decision, 23 April 2024. votingId 168448, document A-9-2023-0306, reference 2022-0269. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/17 (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-2024-04-23-17,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-23},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/17}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-23/17},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168448, document A-9-2023-0306, reference 2022-0269. 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)}
}