Decision

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe

Effect: Passed
Result: 381 for · 225 against · 17 abstained roll call
Date: 24 April 2024, 13:38
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0233
Dossier: 2022-0347
Source: Committee report by Javi López
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168309

Margin: by a clear majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0233
Dossier: 2022-0347
Source: Committee report by Javi López
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Final vote: 168309

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Votes on this decision

Members on the final vote

Result

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Passed by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

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 10	Against 0	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Greens	For 29	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
S&D	For 57	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 32	Against 7	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 28	Against 55	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided
ECR	For 1	Against 23	Abst. 2	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Patriots	For 0	Against 25	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
ESN	For 0	Against 3	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
No group	For 1	Against 1	Abst. 1	Majority line Tie	Clear 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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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 on the provisional agreement A9-0233/2023 - Javi López - Accord provisoire - Am 355	Roll call	381 for, 225 against, 17 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0233

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast) sets new air quality standards to be met by 2030 and regularly reviewed thereafter.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0347(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast)

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 November 2024 and now EU law.

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Referred to committee · 19 January 2023 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 27 June 2023 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 5 July 2023 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 11 March 2024 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
Published as law · 20 November 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: Javi LÓPEZ (S&D)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/3
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168309, document A-9-2023-0233, reference 2022-0347. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 24 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-24/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-24-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168309, document A-9-2023-0233, reference 2022-0347. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-24-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-24 (CC BY 4.0)}
}