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European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations

Effect
Passed
Result
526 for · 56 against · 69 abstained roll call
Date
29 April 2026, 14:28
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (8)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0093
Dossier
2025/0207(COD)
Source
Committee report by Christophe Clergeau
Topics
Climate & environmentEU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote
190027
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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: 526 for, 56 against, 69 abstained (roll call).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by ESN; Patriots 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 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 45Against 0Abst. 0No vote 8 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 122Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 11 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 2No vote 20 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 73Against 6Abst. 2No vote 0 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
PatriotsFor 0Against 18Abst. 57No vote 10 of 85Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.64
ESNFor 1Against 23Abst. 3No vote 0 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.78
No groupFor 13Against 9Abst. 5No vote 3 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, 32

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium190300.80
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus5001—
Czechia110910.33
Germany7015380.69
Denmark131100.80
Estonia6100—
Spain470580.86
Finland131010.89
France4602960.42
Greece132420.53
Croatia9003—
Hungary71760.20
Ireland140001.00
Italy625180.87
Lithuania100100.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7101—
Malta1005—
Netherlands226030.68
Poland463310.83
Portugal180210.85
Romania261060.94
Sweden153030.75
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia67110.25

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
Christophe CLERGEAU FranceS&DSpeeches229 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches129 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

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 A10-0093/2026 – Christophe Clergeau – Commission proposal and amendments Roll call526 for, 56 against, 69 abstained Adopted
2Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committee Show of hands Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0093

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposed regulation updating the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and related EU chemicals laws.

The text aims to strengthen ECHA's governance, align its resources with its tasks, and integrate new responsibilities such as the One Substance One Assessment package.

Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal.

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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 European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updates the Agency's tasks, governance, and financing. It strengthens the Agency's role in protecting health and the environment, including monitoring emerging risks and supporting non-animal approaches.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0207(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021

Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 10 September 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 6 October 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 15 April 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 16 April 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 10 September 2026 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: ENVI · Rapporteur: Christophe CLERGEAU (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/2026-04-29/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 190027, document A-10-2026-0093, reference 2025/0207(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-29-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190027, document A-10-2026-0093, reference 2025/0207(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}