Skip to content

Decision

Detergents and surfactants

Effect
Approved without a vote
Result
approved without a vote
Date
22 January 2026
Kind
New EU law · 2nd reading
More facts (7)
Source
Committee report
Topics
Climate & environmentEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
184076
More

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

No vote recorded

Approved without a vote.

The Council’s position was approved without a vote: at second reading it stands when no one moves to reject or amend it.

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
Sabine VERHEYEN GermanyEPPSpeeches122 Jan 2026 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

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 Approval without vote No vote

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0004

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

The draft regulation updates EU rules on detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004.

Parliament approved the Council's position at first reading, meaning the act is adopted as agreed.

The President will sign the act with the Council President, and it will be published in the Official Journal.

Read the text · Report a problem

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

Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a regulation on detergents and surfactants, which amends Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repeals Regulation (EC) No 648/2004.

Read the text · Report a problem

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0124(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 2 March 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 18 December 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 19 January 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 19 January 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Voted 22 January 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 15 July 2025 (done)
  6. Published as law · 2 March 2026 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Manuela RIPA (Greens), Majdouline SBAI (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.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Detergents and surfactants”. Decision, 22 January 2026. votingId 184076, document A-10-2026-0004, reference 2023/0124(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 22 January 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-01-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-01-22-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Detergents and surfactants}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-01-22/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 184076, document A-10-2026-0004, reference 2023/0124(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-01-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}