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Decision

Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes

Effect
Passed
Result
550 for · 3 against · 19 abstained roll call
Date
24 April 2024, 18:46
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0089
Source
Committee report by Emil Radev
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168350
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Result

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

Final vote: 550 for, 3 against, 19 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 Patriots; ESN 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 11Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 28Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 52Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 33Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 81Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 20Against 1Abst. 2Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 22Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 1Against 0Abst. 3Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained
No groupFor 2Against 1Abst. 0Majority 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

The final vote by national delegation.

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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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0394/2023 - Emil Radev - Accord provisoire - Am 58 Roll call550 for, 3 against, 19 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0394

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 on digital tools in company law. It requires preventive administrative, judicial or notarial control of company formation documents, and lets Member States add public electronic identity and legality checks.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0089(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 January 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 17 April 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 29 November 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 5 December 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 8 April 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 10 January 2025 (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Emil RADEV (EPP)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168350, document A-9-2023-0394, reference 2023-0089. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/38 (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-2024-04-24-38,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Company law – further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/38}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/38},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168350, document A-9-2023-0394, reference 2023-0089. 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)}
}