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

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

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.

• ▸ 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

677 members with a recorded position.

Report A-10-2025-0119

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.

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

Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-08/4?members=all

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

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?members=all (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).

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