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Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029

Effect
Passed
Result
473 for · 81 against · 9 abstained roll call
Date
12 March 2026, 12:06–12:07
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (6)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Topics
Climate & environmentTransport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
7 votes · 5 roll calls · 3 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 12 March 2026
Final vote
189107
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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: 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (3 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 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 1Against 31Abst. 4No vote 10 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.79
GreensFor 0Against 45Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 108Against 0Abst. 1No vote 26 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 61Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 76Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 143Against 0Abst. 1No vote 40 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 57Against 1Abst. 2No vote 21 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
PatriotsFor 60Against 0Abst. 0No vote 24 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 22Against 1Abst. 0No vote 5 of 28Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 21Against 3Abst. 1No vote 6 of 31Majority 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, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 11

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
Belgium123070.70
Bulgaria100071.00
Cyprus4101—
Czechia191010.93
Germany65181110.66
Denmark94020.54
Estonia6001—
Spain3560190.78
Finland103110.57
France44100270.72
Greece113430.42
Croatia91020.85
Hungary60015—
Ireland93020.63
Italy44120200.68
Lithuania91010.85
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia7101—
Malta5001—
Netherlands237010.65
Poland430190.97
Portugal181110.85
Romania2201100.93
Sweden123060.70
Slovenia6003—
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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All votes on this decision, 7

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
1Proposal to reject the text C10-0351/2025 – Proposal for rejection – Am 6 Roll call81 for, 473 against, 5 abstained Rejected
2Amendment 3 to Article 1, after paragraph 1 C10-0351/2025 – Article 1, after § 1 – Am 3 Roll call90 for, 462 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
3Amendment 4 to Annex, point a C10-0351/2025 – Annex, point a – Am 4 Roll call81 for, 468 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
Show the other 6 votesShow the other 4 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 3 to Article 1, after paragraph 1 C10-0351/2025 – Article 1, after § 1 – Am 3 Roll call90 for, 462 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
3Amendment 4 to Annex, point a C10-0351/2025 – Annex, point a – Am 4 Roll call81 for, 468 against, 9 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 5 to Annex, point b C10-0351/2025 – Annex, point b – Am 5 Roll call81 for, 466 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
5Separate vote on recital 3 Show of hands Rejected
6Separate vote on recital 4 Show of hands Rejected
7Final vote C10-0351/2025 – Commission proposal Roll call473 for, 81 against, 9 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens.

Text

The text voted on.

Parliament’s vote records link no text to this decision.

Connections

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

Show 11 connections: Running issue: EU climate neutrality · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU climate neutrality

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/1
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029”. Decision, 12 March 2026. votingId 189107. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/1 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 12 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-12, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-12/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-12-1,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-12},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/1}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-12/1},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189107. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-12-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-12 (CC BY 4.0)}
}