Decision

Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing

Effect: Passed
Result: 681 for · 4 against · 4 abstained roll call
Date: 9 July 2025, 13:21
Kind: New EU law · 1st reading

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Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0070
Dossier: 2024/0224(COD)
Source: Committee report by Thomas Bajada
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 9 July 2025
Final vote: 177737

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Text: Report A-10-2025-0070
Dossier: 2024/0224(COD)
Source: Committee report by Thomas Bajada
Topics: Agriculture, food & fisheries Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 9 July 2025
Final vote: 177737

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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, 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 42	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 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 129	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 7 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 74	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 176	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 78	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 1 of 79	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Patriots	For 81	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 85	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
ESN	For 25	Against 1	Abst. 1	No vote 0 of 27	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.89
No group	For 25	Against 2	Abst. 3	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, 3

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.

EPP line For · 1 voted against of 177 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Jagna MARCZUŁAJTIS-WALCZAK Poland
ESN line For · 1 voted against, 1 abstained of 27 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Markus BUCHHEIT Germany
Abstained (1)
- Arno BAUSEMER Germany

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	20	0	0	0	1.00
Belgium	21	0	0	1	1.00
Bulgaria	17	0	0	0	1.00
Cyprus	5	0	0	1	—
Czechia	19	0	0	2	1.00
Germany	91	1	1	3	0.97
Denmark	14	0	0	1	1.00
Estonia	7	0	0	0	—
Spain	55	0	0	5	1.00
Finland	14	0	0	1	1.00
France	78	0	0	3	1.00
Greece	19	2	0	0	0.86
Croatia	12	0	0	0	1.00
Hungary	21	0	0	0	1.00
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	73	0	0	3	1.00
Lithuania	11	0	0	0	1.00
Luxembourg	5	0	1	0	—
Latvia	7	0	0	2	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	30	0	0	1	1.00
Poland	48	1	1	3	0.94
Portugal	21	0	0	0	1.00
Romania	29	0	1	3	0.95
Sweden	21	0	0	0	1.00
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	15	0	0	0	1.00

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
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	9 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Thomas BAJADA Malta	S&D	Speeches1	9 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	Final vote on the provisional agreement A10-0070/2025 – Thomas Bajada – Provisional agreement – Am 26	Roll call	681 for, 4 against, 4 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0070

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The regulation updates EU rules on measures against countries allowing non-sustainable fishing, aiming to strengthen sustainable fish stock management.

Parliament adopted its position on the proposed law, endorsing amendments to improve accountability and the role of regional fisheries management organisations.

The amendments also introduce a definition of "best available scientific advice" and aim to counter unreasonable demands from third countries.

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on measures against countries allowing non-sustainable fishing. It clarifies and strengthens the identification of such countries, cooperation requirements, and procedures before and after adopting measures.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/0224(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 October 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 7 October 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 9 April 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 15 April 2025 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 24 June 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 9 July 2025 (done)
Published as law · 14 October 2025 (done)

Lead committee: PECH · Rapporteur: Thomas BAJADA (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 7 connections: Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy · Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers

Running issue: Common Fisheries Policy

Issue Common Fisheries Policy Running issue · EU initiative 17 Sept 2026
Decision Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Resolution · motion for a resolution 17 Sept 2026 Adopted
Decision The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security Resolution · report by Paulo do Nascimento Cabral 17 Sept 2026 Adopted
Decision General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement area New EU law · report by Željana Zovko 15 Sept 2026 Passed
Decision Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations New EU law · report by Thomas Bajada 15 Sept 2026 Passed
Decision Catches of porpoise in the Baltic Sea Objection to a Commission measure · motion for a resolution 17 Jun 2026 Objection failed

Other decisions of the part-session on PECH dossiers

Decision EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 International agreement · report by Emma Fourreau 8 Jul 2025 Consent given

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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/2025-07-09/2
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-09
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing”. Decision, 9 July 2025. votingId 177737, document A-10-2025-0070, reference 2024/0224(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 9 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-09, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-09/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-09-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-09/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 177737, document A-10-2025-0070, reference 2024/0224(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-09-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-09 (CC BY 4.0)}
}