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Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed

Effect
Negotiating mandate approved
Result
411 for · 191 against · 13 abstained roll call
Date
3 April 2025, 13:10
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Text
Report A-10-2025-0043
Dossier
2024/0027(COD)
Source
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesEconomy & single marketForeign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 3 April 2025
Final vote
174880
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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: 411 for, 191 against, 13 abstained (roll call).

Negotiating mandate approved.

Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and 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).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 28Against 8Abst. 1No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.64
GreensFor 51Against 0Abst. 0No vote 2 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 117Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 129Against 27Abst. 1No vote 31 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.73
ECRFor 17Against 43Abst. 6No vote 14 of 80Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.48
PatriotsFor 0Against 74Abst. 1No vote 11 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.98
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 1No vote 2 of 26Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 3Against 16Abst. 3No vote 6 of 28Majority 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, 39

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium153130.68
Bulgaria84050.50
Cyprus2013—
Czechia811020.37
Germany63200120.64
Denmark120210.79
Estonia6001—
Spain467070.80
Finland140011.00
France2943090.40
Greece35112—
Croatia110100.88
Hungary215040.82
Ireland130011.00
Italy38240140.42
Lithuania8012—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands246010.70
Poland937160.68
Portugal153030.75
Romania200580.70
Sweden170041.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia76020.31

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.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Pina PICIERNO changed group ItalyRenewSpeeches122 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Christel SCHALDEMOSE DenmarkS&DSpeeches13 Apr 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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
1Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote A10-0043/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová - Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles Roll call411 for, 191 against, 13 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0043

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The proposal updates EU rules on recognising field inspections and seed production in Moldova and Ukraine as equivalent to EU standards for certain crops.

Parliament adopted its position supporting the proposal, with two technical amendments on inspections to ensure long-term compliance with EU production requirements.

The Council and Parliament must now agree before the law is finalised.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision updates Council Decision 2003/17/EC to recognise field inspections and seed production in Moldova for fodder plants and in Ukraine for beet and oil plants as equivalent to EU standards.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0027(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 June 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 26 February 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 19 March 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 25 March 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 3 April 2025 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 May 2025 (done)
  6. Published as law · 20 June 2025 (done)

Lead committee: AGRI · Rapporteur: Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (ECR)

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Connections

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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/2025-04-03/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed”. Decision, 3 April 2025. votingId 174880, document A-10-2025-0043, reference 2024/0027(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-03/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 3 April 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-04-03/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-04-03-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-04-03},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-03/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-04-03/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 174880, document A-10-2025-0043, reference 2024/0027(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-04-03-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-04-03 (CC BY 4.0)}
}