Decision

VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods

Effect: Passed
Result: 623 for · 26 against · 28 abstained roll call
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:41
Kind: New EU law · Consultation

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0119
Dossier: 2023/0158(CNS)
Source: Committee report by Ľudovít Ódor
Topics: Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 8 July 2025
Final vote: 177665

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0119
Dossier: 2023/0158(CNS)
Source: Committee report by Ľudovít Ódor
Topics: Economy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Tuesday 8 July 2025
Final vote: 177665

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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 1	Abst. 2	No vote 6 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.89
Greens	For 52	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 125	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 73	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 175	Against 0	Abst. 1	No vote 12 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 77	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 2 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 62	Against 1	Abst. 15	No vote 7 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.69
ESN	For 1	Against 17	Abst. 8	No vote 1 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.48
No group	For 21	Against 7	Abst. 2	No vote 0 of 30	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, 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, 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 · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 40 who voted
Voted against (1)
- João OLIVEIRA Portugal
Abstained (2)
- Giorgos GEORGIOU Cyprus
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
EPP line For · 1 abstained of 176 who voted
Abstained (1)
- Branko GRIMS Slovenia
Patriots line For · 1 voted against, 15 abstained of 78 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Anders VISTISEN Denmark
Abstained (15)
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Barbara BONTE Belgium
- Elisabeth DIERINGER Austria
- Georg MAYER Austria
- Gerald HAUSER Austria
- Gerolf ANNEMANS Belgium
- Harald VILIMSKY Austria
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Petra STEGER Austria
- Rachel BLOM Netherlands
- Roman HAIDER Austria
- Sebastiaan STÖTELER Netherlands
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
- Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE Belgium
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands

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	14	0	6	0	0.55
Belgium	17	0	4	1	0.71
Bulgaria	14	3	0	0	0.74
Cyprus	5	0	1	0	—
Czechia	18	0	1	2	0.92
Germany	77	14	0	5	0.77
Denmark	13	1	0	1	0.89
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	55	1	0	4	0.97
Finland	13	0	0	2	1.00
France	76	0	0	5	1.00
Greece	15	3	1	2	0.68
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	18	0	1	2	0.92
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	70	0	0	6	1.00
Lithuania	10	0	1	0	0.86
Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	—
Latvia	7	0	0	2	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	24	0	6	1	0.70
Poland	47	1	3	2	0.88
Portugal	17	1	0	3	0.92
Romania	28	1	1	3	0.90
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	8	0	1	0	—
Slovakia	12	1	2	0	0.70

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
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Romania	Greens	Speeches1	8 Jul 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 A10-0119/2025 – Ľudovít Ódor – Council draft	Roll call	623 for, 26 against, 28 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0119

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

The draft law updates VAT rules for platforms and suppliers facilitating distance sales of imported goods, making them liable for import VAT if they do not use the import one-stop-shop (IOSS).

Parliament adopted its position approving the Council draft, meaning it agrees with the proposed changes.

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

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

Parliament approves the Council draft amending VAT rules for distance sales of imported goods and the special scheme for such sales.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0158(CNS) · Consultation procedure

Amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards VAT rules relating to taxable persons who facilitate distance sales of imported goods and the application of the special scheme for distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries and special arrangements for declaration and payment of import VAT

Parliament gave its opinion on 8 July 2025. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 16 June 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 June 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 27 June 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 8 July 2025 (done)
Adopted by the Council (to come)

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

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/2025-07-08/4
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-08
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods”. Decision, 8 July 2025. votingId 177665, document A-10-2025-0119, reference 2023/0158(CNS). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-08-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177665, document A-10-2025-0119, reference 2023/0158(CNS). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}