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Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Effect
Consent given
Result
556 for · 36 against · 38 abstained roll call
Date
24 April 2024, 13:55
Kind
International agreement · Consent procedure
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Dossier
2023-0353
Source
Committee report by Silvia Modig
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Final vote
168630
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Result

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

Final vote: 556 for, 36 against, 38 abstained (roll call).

Consent given by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament gave its consent.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by 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.
GroupForAgainstAbst.Majority lineClear lineBar
The LeftFor 11Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
GreensFor 29Against 1Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
S&DFor 60Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
RenewFor 40Against 0Abst. 0Majority line ForClear line For
EPPFor 86Against 0Abst. 1Majority line ForClear line For
ECRFor 15Against 1Abst. 10Majority line ForClear line Divided
PatriotsFor 7Against 13Abst. 5Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
ESNFor 1Against 2Abst. 1Majority line AgainstClear line Divided
No groupFor 3Against 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.

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 draft Council decision A9-0177/2024 - Silvia Modig - Projet de décision du Conseil Roll call556 for, 36 against, 38 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0177

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Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0353(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

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

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 22 April 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 18 April 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 19 April 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 24 April 2024 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 19 July 2024 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: MEP #197805 (The Left)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”. Decision, 24 April 2024. votingId 168630, document A-9-2024-0177, reference 2023-0353. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/46 (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-2024-04-24-46,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-24},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/46}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-24/46},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168630, document A-9-2024-0177, reference 2023-0353. 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)}
}