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Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods

Effect
Passed
Result
591 for · 54 against · 8 abstained roll call
Date
28 April 2026, 14:01
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0094
Dossier
2025/0408(COD)
Source
Committee report by Pierfrancesco Maran
Topics
Agriculture, food & fisheriesEconomy & single market Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote
190096
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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: 591 for, 54 against, 8 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN; opposed by The Left.

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 0Against 42Abst. 0No vote 4 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 2No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
S&DFor 124Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 71Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 162Against 0Abst. 4No vote 19 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
ECRFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 77Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 24Against 2Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
No groupFor 16Against 10Abst. 2No 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, 8

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
Belgium191020.93
Bulgaria150021.00
Cyprus5100—
Czechia200011.00
Germany809070.85
Denmark141000.90
Estonia7000—
Spain494070.89
Finland113010.68
France687060.86
Greece137010.47
Croatia100021.00
Hungary110460.60
Ireland113000.68
Italy55100110.77
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8001—
Malta3003—
Netherlands271030.95
Poland462140.91
Portugal182010.85
Romania280140.95
Sweden152220.68
Slovenia9000—
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

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 A10-0094/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Commission proposal Roll call591 for, 54 against, 8 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0094

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Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law that would extend certain data protection periods under the Biocidal Products Regulation.

The position takes over the Commission proposal, meaning Parliament agrees with the proposed changes to the regulation.

Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it makes substantial changes to its proposal.

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Parliament adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as regards the extension of certain data protection periods.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0408(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as regards the extension of certain data protection periods

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 26 May 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 February 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 April 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 April 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 28 April 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council (done)
  6. Published as law · 26 May 2026 (done)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: Pierfrancesco MARAN (S&D)

Connections

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

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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/2026-04-28/3
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods”. Decision, 28 April 2026. votingId 190096, document A-10-2026-0094, reference 2025/0408(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/3 (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-2026-04-28-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190096, document A-10-2026-0094, reference 2025/0408(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)}
}