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Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)

Effect
Negotiating mandate approved
Result
369 for · 126 against · 84 abstained roll call
Date
21 May 2026, 13:25
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the decision to open negotiations with the Council
Text
Report A-10-2026-0139
Dossier
2025/0097(COD)
Source
Committee report by Jens Gieseke
Topics
Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 21 May 2026
Final vote
193315
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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: 369 for, 126 against, 84 abstained (roll call).

Negotiating mandate approved.

Parliament let its committee open negotiations with the Council on the basis of the committee’s report.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by Patriots and ESN; The Left and ECR 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 10Against 2Abst. 26No vote 7 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.53
GreensFor 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 106Against 0Abst. 0No vote 30 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 65Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 137Against 0Abst. 1No vote 45 of 183Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 2Against 21Abst. 43No vote 15 of 81Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.48
PatriotsFor 6Against 66Abst. 6No vote 7 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.77
ESNFor 0Against 24Abst. 0No vote 3 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 0Against 13Abst. 8No vote 9 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, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 25

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
Belgium134140.58
Bulgaria72170.55
Cyprus0006—
Czechia431040.38
Germany61187100.56
Denmark132000.80
Estonia4102—
Spain3374160.63
Finland100051.00
France29329110.19
Greece362100.32
Croatia90120.85
Hungary59050.46
Ireland120110.88
Italy33125170.34
Lithuania8102—
Luxembourg4101—
Latvia5121—
Malta1005—
Netherlands197140.56
Poland24111440.23
Portugal153120.68
Romania1634100.54
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia6012—
Slovakia55050.25

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
Jens GIESEKE GermanyEPPSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Asger CHRISTENSEN DenmarkRenewSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Roman HAIDER AustriaPatriotsSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Ondřej KRUTÍLEK CzechiaECRSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Abstained
Arash SAEIDI FranceThe LeftSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Abstained
Kai TEGETHOFF GermanyGreensSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Sérgio GONÇALVES PortugalS&DSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group GermanyESNSpeeches121 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Roberts ZĪLE LatviaECRSpeeches121 May 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
1Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote A10-0139/2026 – Jens Gieseke – Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Roll call369 for, 126 against, 84 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots

Roll call requested by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0139

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

Parliament adopted its position on a proposal to update EU rules on periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspections of vehicles.

The position updates rules for cars, vans, and commercial vehicles, and adds regular inspections for motor scooters above 50 cm³.

Parliament removed proposed mandatory annual inspections for older cars and light vans, and kept remote sensing optional for member states.

The position now goes to the Council for negotiation before the law can be finalised.

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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 proposal to update EU rules on periodic roadworthiness tests and roadside inspections. It adjusts testing intervals, makes motorcycle testing mandatory, adds odometer recording, and links recalls to inspections.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/0097(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union

Parliament adopted its position on 21 May 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 10 July 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 8 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 21 May 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 21 May 2026 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: Jens GIESEKE (EPP)

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.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-21/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)”. Decision, 21 May 2026. votingId 193315, document A-10-2026-0139, reference 2025/0097(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-21/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 21 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-21/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-21-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-21/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-21/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193315, document A-10-2026-0139, reference 2025/0097(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-21-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-21 (CC BY 4.0)}
}