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Decision

The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

Effect
Passed
Result
513 for · 25 against · 33 abstained roll call
Date
24 April 2024, 18:51
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2021-0250
Source
Committee report by Luděk Niedermayer, Paul Tang
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168336
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Result

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

Final vote: 513 for, 25 against, 33 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; opposed by 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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 10Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 27Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 51Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 31Against 1Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 81Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 20Against 3Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
PatriotsFor 16Against 2Abst. 5Majority line ForClear line For
ESNFor 0Against 4Abst. 0Majority line AgainstClear line Against
No groupFor 1Against 1Abst. 1Majority line TieClear 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 A9-0150/2023 - Luděk Niedermayer, Paul Tang - Accord provisoire - Am 387 Roll call513 for, 25 against, 33 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2023-0150

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on national mechanisms to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, replacing Directive (EU) 2015/849.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2021/0250(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 4 October 2021 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 28 March 2023 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 14 April 2023 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
  6. Published as law · 19 June 2024 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteurs: Luděk NIEDERMAYER (EPP), MEP #125020 (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). “The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168336, document A-9-2023-0150, reference 2021-0250. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/42 (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-2024-04-24-42,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/42}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/42},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168336, document A-9-2023-0150, reference 2021-0250. 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)}
}