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General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation

Effect
Passed
Result
533 for · 43 against · 68 abstained roll call
Date
21 October 2025, 13:21
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-9-2024-0045
Dossier
2023/0202(COD)
Source
Committee report by Markéta Gregorová
Topics
Digital, AI & dataJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Final vote
179820
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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: 533 for, 43 against, 68 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by ESN; Patriots 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 38Against 0Abst. 1No vote 7 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 118Against 0Abst. 0No vote 18 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 172Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 64Against 3Abst. 2No vote 10 of 79Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.89
PatriotsFor 17Against 8Abst. 52No vote 8 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.51
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 5Against 8Abst. 13No vote 4 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, 31

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium190300.80
Bulgaria133010.72
Cyprus5100—
Czechia151320.68
Germany6813780.66
Denmark130200.80
Estonia7000—
Spain4315110.82
Finland140011.00
France4902840.45
Greece152310.63
Croatia100021.00
Hungary181020.92
Ireland130011.00
Italy5204200.89
Lithuania101000.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands210640.67
Poland435140.82
Portugal150330.75
Romania250170.94
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia76110.25

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

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

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.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote on the provisional agreement A9-0045/2024 – Markéta Gregorová – Provisional agreement – Am 215 Roll call533 for, 43 against, 68 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0045

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed regulation laying down additional procedural rules for enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation.

The rules aim to streamline cross-border procedures, clarify rights of parties, and introduce deadlines for legal certainty.

Parliament calls on 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 lays down procedural rules for enforcing the GDPR in cross-border cases, covering complaints, investigations, cooperation between supervisory authorities, and judicial remedies.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0202(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 July 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 February 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 20 February 2024 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 15 July 2025 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 21 October 2025 (done)
  6. Published as law · 12 December 2025 (done)

Lead committee: LIBE · Rapporteur: Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens)

Connections

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

No connections found for this decision.

Sources & citation

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

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/4
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Retrieved
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European Parliament (2025). “General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation”. Decision, 21 October 2025. votingId 179820, document A-9-2024-0045, reference 2023/0202(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 October 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-10-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-10-21-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-10-21/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 179820, document A-9-2024-0045, reference 2023/0202(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-10-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}