Decision

Surface water and groundwater pollutants

Effect: Approved without a vote
Result: approved without a vote
Date: 26 March 2026
Kind: New EU law · 2nd reading

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Text: Report A-10-2026-0063
Dossier: 2022/0344(COD)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Climate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Thursday 26 March 2026
Final vote: 189900

Text: Report A-10-2026-0063
Dossier: 2022/0344(COD)
Source: Committee report
Topics: Climate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Thursday 26 March 2026
Final vote: 189900

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Result

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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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches1	26 Mar 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	no roll call

All votes on this decision, 1

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No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote Approval without vote	No vote

Text

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Report A-10-2026-0063

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The draft law updates EU water rules by amending directives on water policy, groundwater protection, and environmental quality standards.

Parliament approved the Council's position, meaning the act is adopted and will be signed and published in the Official Journal.

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Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a directive amending EU water legislation, concluding the ordinary legislative procedure.

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Dossier

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2022/0344(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 20 April 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 12 March 2026 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 17 March 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 18 March 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Voted 26 March 2026 (done)
Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 20 October 2025 (done)
Published as law · 20 April 2026 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteurs: Javi LÓPEZ (S&D), MEP #197446 (S&D)

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/8
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 26 March 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-26
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Surface water and groundwater pollutants”. Decision, 26 March 2026. votingId 189900, document A-10-2026-0063, reference 2022/0344(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/8 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 26 March 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-26, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-03-26/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-03-26-8,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Surface water and groundwater pollutants}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-03-26},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/8}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-03-26/8},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189900, document A-10-2026-0063, reference 2022/0344(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-03-26-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-03-26 (CC BY 4.0)}
}