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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies

Effect
Passed
Result
542 for · 97 against · 12 abstained roll call
Date
10 July 2025, 13:10–13:11
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0134
Dossier
2025/0129(COD)
Source
Committee report by Antonio Decaro
Topics
Climate & environmentHealthEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
9 votes · 5 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 10 July 2025
Final vote
178147
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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: 542 for, 97 against, 12 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (4 rejected) and 4 parts of the text voted on separately (4 rejected).

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left and Greens.

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 0Against 37Abst. 1No vote 8 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 0Against 52Abst. 0No vote 1 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 114Against 3Abst. 1No vote 18 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
RenewFor 67Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 175Against 1Abst. 0No vote 12 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 69Against 0Abst. 8No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
ESNFor 24Against 0Abst. 2No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 20Against 4Abst. 0No vote 6 of 30Majority 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, 16

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
Austria172010.84
Belgium154030.68
Bulgaria160011.00
Cyprus4002—
Czechia151140.82
Germany6821070.65
Denmark93030.63
Estonia7000—
Spain488040.79
Finland94020.54
France6213060.74
Greece135030.58
Croatia111000.88
Hungary160230.83
Ireland103010.65
Italy4913860.55
Lithuania101000.86
Luxembourg4200—
Latvia6102—
Malta5001—
Netherlands227020.64
Poland490041.00
Portugal191100.86
Romania231090.94
Sweden155010.63
Slovenia7101—
Slovakia130021.00

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.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches110 Jul 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 9

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 1 to recital 2 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – Recital 2 – Am 1 Roll call191 for, 452 against, 6 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
2Separate vote on recital 2 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after recital 2 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 2 Roll call210 for, 429 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on recital 2 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after recital 2 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 2 Roll call210 for, 429 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 3, adding text after recital 2 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 3 Roll call220 for, 416 against, 12 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Amendment 4, adding text after recital 2 A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – After recital 2 – Am 4 Roll call143 for, 424 against, 80 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Separate vote on recital 4 Show of hands Rejected
7Vote on text inserted after recital 4 Show of hands Rejected
8Separate vote on recital 6 Show of hands Rejected
9Final vote A10-0134/2025 – Antonio Decaro – Commission proposal Roll call542 for, 97 against, 12 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0134

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law that would amend EU rules on battery due diligence policies for economic operators.

The position takes over the Commission's proposal, meaning Parliament agrees with the proposed changes.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it makes substantial changes, and will forward its position to the Council, Commission, and national parliaments.

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

Parliament adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 on battery due diligence obligations for economic operators.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0129(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 30 July 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 16 June 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 July 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 3 July 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 July 2025 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (done)
  6. Published as law · 30 July 2025 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: MEP #257122 (S&D)

Connections

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

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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/2025-07-10/1
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies”. Decision, 10 July 2025. votingId 178147, document A-10-2025-0134, reference 2025/0129(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 July 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-07-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-07-10-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-07-10/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 178147, document A-10-2025-0134, reference 2025/0129(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-07-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-07-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}