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Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

Effect
Passed
Result
558 for · 35 against · 52 abstained roll call
Date
28 April 2026, 14:00
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2025-0104
Dossier
2023/0447(COD)
Source
Committee report by Veronika Vrecionová
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheries Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote
189922
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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: 558 for, 35 against, 52 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; ESN 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 42Against 0Abst. 1No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 68Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 144Against 1Abst. 19No vote 21 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
ECRFor 48Against 20Abst. 5No vote 8 of 81Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.49
PatriotsFor 62Against 8Abst. 7No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.71
ESNFor 3Against 4Abst. 16No vote 4 of 27Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.54
No groupFor 22Against 2Abst. 4No vote 2 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 43

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
Austria190011.00
Belgium200021.00
Bulgaria122030.79
Cyprus6000—
Czechia190110.93
Germany72013110.77
Denmark140100.90
Estonia7000—
Spain2961870.32
Finland131010.89
France700470.92
Greece171210.78
Croatia9003—
Hungary140160.90
Ireland130011.00
Italy600790.84
Lithuania91100.73
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7011—
Malta3003—
Netherlands260051.00
Poland2424050.25
Portugal200100.93
Romania280140.95
Sweden190021.00
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia140011.00

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
Antonella SBERNA ItalyECRSpeeches128 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Katarina BARLEY GermanyS&DSpeeches119 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Veronika VRECIONOVÁ CzechiaECRSpeeches119 Jun 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 2

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 A10-0104/2025 – Veronika Vrecionová – Provisional agreement – Am 317 Roll call558 for, 35 against, 52 abstained Adopted
2Commission statements Show of hands Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0104

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

The European Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law to improve the welfare of dogs and cats and ensure their traceability, covering breeding, selling, shelters, and imports.

The position includes rules on identification and registration, bans on certain practices like ear cropping and pet shop sales, and stricter requirements for breeders and online sales.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal, and will now negotiate with the Council.

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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 on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability lays down minimum welfare requirements for breeding, selling and shelter establishments, and strengthens traceability through identification and registration.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0447(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 August 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 25 January 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 June 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 June 2025 (done)
  4. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 12 January 2026 (done)
  5. Plenary vote · Adopted 28 April 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 10 August 2026 (done)

Lead committee: AGRI · Rapporteur: Veronika VRECIONOVÁ (ECR)

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Connections

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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/2026-04-28/2
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability”. Decision, 28 April 2026. votingId 189922, document A-10-2025-0104, reference 2023/0447(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-28-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 189922, document A-10-2025-0104, reference 2023/0447(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}