Decision

VAT: rules for the digital age

Effect: Passed
Result: 589 for · 42 against · 10 abstained roll call
Date: 12 February 2025, 12:07
Kind: New EU law · Consultation

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0001
Dossier: 2022/0407(CNS)
Source: Committee report by Ľudovít Ódor
Topics: Economy & single market Digital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 12 February 2025
Final vote: 171706

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0001
Dossier: 2022/0407(CNS)
Source: Committee report by Ľudovít Ódor
Topics: Economy & single market Digital, AI & data Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 12 February 2025
Final vote: 171706

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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.

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' 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 37	Against 0	Abst. 4	No vote 5 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.85
Greens	For 52	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 120	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 16 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 65	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 10 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 166	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 22 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ECR	For 68	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 9 of 80	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.94
Patriots	For 68	Against 11	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 86	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.79
ESN	For 1	Against 17	Abst. 1	No vote 7 of 26	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.84
No group	For 12	Against 13	Abst. 3	No vote 1 of 29	Majority line —	Clear line No line	Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 20

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.

The Left line For · 4 abstained of 41 who voted
Abstained (4)
- Giorgos GEORGIOU Cyprus
- João OLIVEIRA Portugal
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
- Rudi KENNES Belgium
ECR line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 71 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Cristian TERHEŞ Romania
Abstained (2)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
Patriots line For · 11 voted against of 79 who voted
Voted against (11)
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Hermann TERTSCH Spain
- Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA Spain
- Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS Spain
- Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL Spain
- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Spain
- Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN Spain
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria
ESN line Against · 1 voted for, 1 abstained of 19 who voted
Voted for (1)
- Sarah KNAFO France
Abstained (1)
- Petras GRAŽULIS Lithuania

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	12	5	0	3	0.56
Belgium	17	0	2	3	0.84
Bulgaria	10	3	0	4	0.65
Cyprus	5	0	1	0	—
Czechia	15	1	2	3	0.75
Germany	74	10	0	12	0.82
Denmark	12	0	0	3	1.00
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	43	7	0	10	0.79
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	70	0	0	11	1.00
Greece	16	3	2	0	0.64
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	17	1	0	3	0.92
Ireland	13	0	0	1	1.00
Italy	66	0	0	10	1.00
Lithuania	10	0	1	0	0.86
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	8	0	0	1	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	31	0	0	0	1.00
Poland	45	3	0	5	0.91
Portugal	18	0	1	2	0.92
Romania	27	2	1	3	0.85
Sweden	20	0	0	1	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	7	7	0	1	0.25

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

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. **Speeches**: how many times they took the floor. **Final vote**: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Sophie WILMÈS Belgium	Renew	Speeches1	12 Feb 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Ľudovít ÓDOR Slovakia	Renew	Speeches1	12 Feb 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For

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	Council draft Final vote A10-0001/2025 – Ľudovít Ódor – Council draft	Roll call	589 for, 42 against, 10 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0001

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Parliament approved the Council's draft directive updating EU value-added tax (VAT) rules for the digital age.

The directive introduces real-time digital reporting based on e-invoicing, updates VAT rules for the platform economy, and creates a single VAT registration for cross-border sales to consumers.

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

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Parliament approves the Council draft amending Directive 2006/112/EC on VAT rules for the digital age, and calls on the Council to notify or re-consult it if the draft is changed.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2022/0407(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards VAT rules for the digital age

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 25 March 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 28 November 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 16 January 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 17 January 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 12 February 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council · 25 March 2025 (done)

Lead committee: ECON · Rapporteurs: Ľudovít ÓDOR (Renew), Olivier CHASTEL (Renew)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-12/1
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 February 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 12 February 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-12
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “VAT: rules for the digital age”. Decision, 12 February 2025. votingId 171706, document A-10-2025-0001, reference 2022/0407(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-12/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 February 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-12-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 12 February 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-12-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-12, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-02-12/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-02-12-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{VAT: rules for the digital age}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-02-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-12/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-02-12/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 171706, document A-10-2025-0001, reference 2022/0407(CNS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-12-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-02-12-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-02-12 (CC BY 4.0)}
}