Decision
Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA
- Effect
- Passed
- Result
- 593 for · 7 against · 35 abstained roll call
- Date
- 1 April 2025, 13:27
- Kind
- New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
- Margin
- by an overwhelming majority
- Dossier
- 2025/0012(COD)
- Source
- Committee report by Bernd Lange
- Topics
- Trade & customsForeign affairsEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 1 vote · 1 roll call
- Sitting
- Tuesday 1 April 2025
- Final vote
- 174055
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 593 for, 7 against, 35 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
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 41 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 5 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 51 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 2 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 119 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 17 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 172 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 16 of 188 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| ECR | For 60 | Against 0 | Abst. 14 | No vote 6 of 80 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.72 | |
| Patriots | For 65 | Against 6 | Abst. 1 | No vote 14 of 86 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.85 | |
| ESN | For 4 | Against 0 | Abst. 15 | No vote 7 of 26 | Majority line Abstained | Clear line Abstained | Cohesion 0.68 | |
| No group | For 16 | Against 1 | Abst. 5 | No vote 6 of 28 | 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, 25
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.
ECR line For · 14 abstained of 74 who voted
Abstained (14)
- Anna ZALEWSKA Poland
- Beata SZYDŁO Poland
- Daniel OBAJTEK Poland
- Dominik TARCZYŃSKI Poland
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA Poland
- Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI Poland
- Maciej WĄSIK Poland
- Mariusz KAMIŃSKI Poland
- Marlena MALĄG Poland
- Michał DWORCZYK Poland
- Waldemar BUDA Poland
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI Lithuania
Patriots line For · 6 voted against, 1 abstained of 72 who voted
Voted against (6)
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Roman HAIDER Austria
Abstained (1)
- Afroditi LATINOPOULOU Greece
ESN line Abstained · 4 voted for or against of 19 who voted
Voted for or against (4)
- Ivan DAVID Czechia
- Petar VOLGIN Bulgaria
- Sarah KNAFO France
- Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG Hungary
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Belgium | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.81 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Czechia | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Germany | 72 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0.83 |
| Denmark | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 51 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.97 |
| Finland | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| France | 70 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Greece | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Croatia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Hungary | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Ireland | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Italy | 63 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.73 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Netherlands | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Poland | 33 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0.55 |
| Portugal | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Romania | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sweden | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Slovakia | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.75 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS Spain | EPP | Speeches1 | 1 Apr 2025 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
All votes on this decision, 1
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0034/2025 – Bernd Lange – Provisional agreement – Am 1 | Roll call | 593 for, 7 against, 35 abstained Adopted |
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The proposal amends a 2018 EU regulation on additional customs duties on US imports by adding a de minimis threshold below which no duties apply.
Parliament adopted its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal, meaning the amendment can proceed.
Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends the proposal, and forwards its position to the Council, Commission and national parliaments.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopts the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/196 by adding a de minimis threshold for retaliation duties on US imports, below which no duties apply.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2025/0012(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure
Additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 April 2025 and now EU law.
Show the 6 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 10 March 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 19 March 2025 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 21 March 2025 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 1 April 2025 (done)
- Negotiations with the Council (done)
- Published as law · 22 April 2025 (done)
Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Bernd LANGE (S&D)
Connections
What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.
Show 9 connections: Running issue: EU–US trade deal · Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers
Running issue: EU–US trade deal
- Issue EU–US trade deal Running issue · Agreement 16 Jun 2026
- Decision Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods New EU law · report by Bernd Lange 16 Jun 2026 Passed
- Decision Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America New EU law · report by Bernd Lange 16 Jun 2026 Passed
- Decision Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods New EU law · report by Bernd Lange 26 Mar 2026 Passed
- Decision Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America New EU law · report by Bernd Lange 26 Mar 2026 Passed
- Decision Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations in the transatlantic dialogue Resolution · motion for a resolution 23 Oct 2025 Adopted
Other decisions of the part-session on INTA dossiers
- Decision Macro-financial assistance to Jordan New EU law · report by Céline Imart 1 Apr 2025 Passed
- Decision Macro-financial assistance to Egypt New EU law · report by Céline Imart 1 Apr 2025 Passed
- Decision Agreements on Financial Mechanisms for the period May 2021 - April 2028 (EEA: EU-Iceland-Liechtenstein-Norway; Norwegian: EU-Norway); Additional Protocols to EEC-Norway Agreement and to EEC-Iceland Agreement International agreement · report by Željana Zovko 2 Apr 2025 Consent given
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA”. Decision, 1 April 2025. votingId 174055, document A-10-2025-0034, reference 2025/0012(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-01/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 1 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-01-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 1 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-01-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-01, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-01/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-04-01-7,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-04-01},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-01/7}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-01/7},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 174055, document A-10-2025-0034, reference 2025/0012(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-01-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-01-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-01 (CC BY 4.0)}
}