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Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Effect
Passed
Result
411 for · 100 against · 78 abstained roll call
Date
22 May 2025, 12:16–12:17
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0087
Dossier
2025/0021(COD)
Source
Committee report by Inese Vaidere
Topics
Trade & customsEconomy & single marketAgriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
6 votes · 6 roll calls · 5 amendments
Requested by
ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 22 May 2025
Final vote
176844
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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, 100 against, 78 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 5 amendments (5 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by Patriots and ESN; The Left 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 16Against 5Abst. 17No vote 8 of 46Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.17
GreensFor 41Against 2Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 103Against 1Abst. 2No vote 30 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
RenewFor 56Against 1Abst. 7No vote 11 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.81
EPPFor 144Against 0Abst. 7No vote 37 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
ECRFor 37Against 8Abst. 25No vote 10 of 80Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.29
PatriotsFor 8Against 51Abst. 10No vote 16 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.61
ESNFor 1Against 19Abst. 5No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.64
No groupFor 5Against 13Abst. 5No vote 6 of 29Majority 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, 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, 44

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
Austria146000.55
Belgium103630.29
Bulgaria83420.30
Cyprus1203—
Czechia152130.75
Germany55204170.54
Denmark121020.88
Estonia6001—
Spain408480.65
Finland100051.00
France3433590.21
Greece74280.31
Croatia5106—
Hungary21990.63
Ireland62330.32
Italy26629150.21
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg4101—
Latvia5013—
Malta4002—
Netherlands192280.74
Poland451340.88
Portugal172110.78
Romania2001120.93
Sweden200011.00
Slovenia8001—
Slovakia72330.38

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
Inese VAIDERE LatviaEPPSpeeches122 May 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 6

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
1Amendment 6 to Article 2, après le paragraph 2 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Article 2, après le § 2 - Am 6 Roll call172 for, 376 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
2Amendment 5, adding text after recital 5 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 5 - Am 5 Roll call185 for, 362 against, 42 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
3Amendment 2, adding text after recital 10 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 10 - Am 2 Roll call176 for, 380 against, 34 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 5, adding text after recital 5 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 5 - Am 5 Roll call185 for, 362 against, 42 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
3Amendment 2, adding text after recital 10 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 10 - Am 2 Roll call176 for, 380 against, 34 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 4, adding text after recital 10 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 10 - Am 4 Roll call217 for, 348 against, 25 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
5Amendment 3, adding text after recital 11 A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Après le considérant 11 - Am 3 Roll call164 for, 358 against, 61 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Final vote A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere - Proposition de la Commission Roll call411 for, 100 against, 78 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by ECR, Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0087

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to modify customs duties on certain goods imported from Russia and Belarus.

The law aims to reduce EU dependence on Russian fertilisers and other agricultural imports, with tariff increases phased in over three years.

Parliament also asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation modifies customs duties on imports of certain goods from Russia and Belarus, covering fertilisers and remaining agricultural products.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0021(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

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 · 10 March 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 May 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 May 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 May 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (done)
  6. Published as law · 20 June 2025 (done)

Lead committee: INTA · Rapporteur: Inese VAIDERE (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: EU economic security · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU economic security

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-22/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus”. Decision, 22 May 2025. votingId 176844, document A-10-2025-0087, reference 2025/0021(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-22/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-05-22-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-22/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-22/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 176844, document A-10-2025-0087, reference 2025/0021(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}