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Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes

Effect
Passed
Result
555 for · 48 against · 42 abstained roll call
Date
14 November 2024, 11:23
Kind
New EU law · Consultation
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2024-0011
Dossier
2023/0187(CNS)
Source
Committee report by Herbert Dorfmann
Topics
Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Thursday 14 November 2024
Final vote
170381
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

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

Final vote: 555 for, 48 against, 42 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

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

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 1Against 36Abst. 5No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.79
GreensFor 47Against 0Abst. 2No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
S&DFor 120Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 170Against 0Abst. 0No vote 18 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 65Against 0Abst. 1No vote 12 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
PatriotsFor 62Against 7Abst. 12No vote 5 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.65
ESNFor 0Against 1Abst. 19No vote 5 of 25Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 17Against 4Abst. 3No vote 6 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 29

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria126020.50
Belgium202000.86
Bulgaria100340.65
Cyprus2103—
Czechia154020.68
Germany72410100.76
Denmark131100.80
Estonia5002—
Spain423870.69
Finland122010.79
France667170.84
Greece102540.38
Croatia100021.00
Hungary180120.92
Ireland91220.63
Italy5910070.78
Lithuania90110.85
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia6012—
Malta5001—
Netherlands301000.95
Poland460520.85
Portugal172200.71
Romania2100121.00
Sweden192000.86
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia130200.80

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

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 A10-0011/2024 – Herbert Dorfmann – Commission proposal to the Council Roll call555 for, 48 against, 42 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2024-0011

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Parliament approved the Council's draft directive on faster and safer relief of excess withholding taxes, which introduces a common EU digital tax residence certificate and two fast-track procedures for tax refunds.

The directive also sets reporting obligations for financial intermediaries and exempts member states with comprehensive relief-at-source systems and small financial markets from certain requirements.

Parliament calls on the Council to notify it if it intends to depart from the approved text and to consult Parliament again if it makes substantial amendments.

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Parliament approves the Council draft directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes, which introduces a common EU digital tax residence certificate and two fast-track procedures for tax relief.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0187(CNS) · Consultation procedure

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

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 16 September 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 October 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 22 October 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 14 November 2024 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council · 10 January 2025 (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Rapporteur: Herbert DORFMANN (EPP)

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

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-14/3
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes”. Decision, 14 November 2024. votingId 170381, document A-10-2024-0011, reference 2023/0187(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-14/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 14 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-14-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 14 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-14-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-14, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-11-14/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-11-14-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-11-14},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-14/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-14/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 170381, document A-10-2024-0011, reference 2023/0187(CNS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-14-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-14-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-14 (CC BY 4.0)}
}