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Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

Effect
Objection passed
Result
388 for · 248 against · 24 abstained roll call
Date
8 July 2026, 13:09–13:12
Kind
Objection to a Commission measure
More facts (10)
Margin
by a clear majority
Counts are for
the objection
Text
Motion B-10-2026-0337
Dossier
2026/2680(DEA)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
EnergyClimate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
14 votes · 8 roll calls · 7 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 1 split vote, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Final vote
195361
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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: 388 for, 248 against, 24 abstained (roll call).

Objection passed by a clear majority.

The objection passed, so the Commission measure cannot enter into force.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 7 amendments (7 rejected) and 6 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 5 rejected).

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

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 40Abst. 1No vote 4 of 45Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 0Against 48Abst. 1No vote 4 of 53Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 27Against 94Abst. 2No vote 12 of 135Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.65
RenewFor 14Against 40Abst. 19No vote 5 of 78Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.32
EPPFor 159Against 14Abst. 0No vote 12 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
ECRFor 78Against 0Abst. 0No vote 6 of 84Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 72Against 0Abst. 0No vote 13 of 85Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 24Against 0Abst. 1No vote 2 of 27Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
No groupFor 14Against 12Abst. 0No vote 1 of 27Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group.

Voted against their group, 46

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
Austria161210.76
Belgium1012000.32
Bulgaria105020.50
Cyprus4200—
Czechia151140.82
Germany4740540.27
Denmark213000.80
Estonia3310—
Spain3118380.39
Finland86010.36
France362411100.26
Greece119010.33
Croatia75000.38
Hungary152040.82
Ireland49010.54
Italy4423090.49
Lithuania65000.32
Luxembourg3300—
Latvia5301—
Malta2301—
Netherlands1217020.38
Poland484010.88
Portugal98130.25
Romania245040.74
Sweden317010.78
Slovenia5400—
Slovakia86010.36

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
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches18 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 14

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
1Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0337/2026 – After § 1 – Am 4 Roll call188 for, 456 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
2Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0337/2026 – After § 1 – Am 5 Roll call188 for, 462 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0337/2026 – After § 1 – Am 6 Roll call189 for, 465 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0337/2026 – After § 1 – Am 5 Roll call188 for, 462 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 B10-0337/2026 – After § 1 – Am 6 Roll call189 for, 465 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 7 to paragraph 3, introductory part B10-0337/2026 – § 3, introductory part – Am 7 Roll call188 for, 465 against, 2 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Separate vote on paragraph 3, point c Counted212 for, 360 against, 92 abstained RejectedRequested byseparate: Patriots
6Recital A — part 1 of 4 Part voted on: ‘whereas Directive (EU) 2018/2001 establishes a binding Union-wide renewable energy target and, in order to ensure that biofuels counting towards that target deliver genuine climate benefits, introduces a framework to address the risk of indirect land-use change (ILUC), under which feedstocks may be classified as high ILUC-risk’ except ‘establishes a binding Union-wide renewable energy target and’ and ‘climate’Counted456 for, 203 against, 4 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
7Recital A — part 2 of 4 Part voted on: “establishes a binding Union-wide renewable energy target and”Counted285 for, 367 against, 10 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Patriots
8Recital A — part 3 of 4 Part voted on: “climate”Show of hands RejectedRequested bysplit: Patriots
9Recital A — part 4 of 4 Part voted on: “and subject to a cap on their contribution to renewable energy targets”Show of hands RejectedRequested bysplit: Patriots
10Amendment 1 to recital B B10-0337/2026 – Recital B – Am 1 Roll call201 for, 464 against, 3 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
11Amendment 2, adding text after recital G B10-0337/2026 – After recital G – Am 2 Roll call190 for, 464 against, 3 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
12Separate vote on recital H Show of hands RejectedRequested byseparate: Patriots
13Amendment 3, adding text after recital M B10-0337/2026 – After recital M – Am 3 Roll call204 for, 455 against, 3 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
14Final vote — text as a whole B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call388 for, 248 against, 24 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Greens, ECR

Roll calls requested by Greens, ECR, Patriots · split votes by Patriots · separate votes by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2026-0337

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The European Parliament voted to block a Commission delegated regulation that would have added soybean to the list of high indirect land-use change-risk feedstocks, phasing out soy-based biodiesel from EU renewable energy targets by 2030.

The objection passed, meaning the Commission measure is blocked and cannot enter into force.

Parliament does not object to the palm oil phase-down or to fixing the certification procedure, and asks the Commission to revise the act accordingly.

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Parliament objects to the Commission delegated regulation that adds soybean to the high indirect land-use change-risk list and phases it out from renewable energy targets by 2030.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/2680(DEA) · Scrutiny of a delegated act

Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 to introduce a trajectory to gradually decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

Parliament adopted the objection on 8 July 2026 — the Commission measure is blocked.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 29 April 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 8 July 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: ITRE · Authors: Andrea WECHSLER (EPP), Angelika WINZIG (EPP), Christian EHLER (EPP), Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ (EPP) and 9 more

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/2026-07-08/6
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets”. Decision, 8 July 2026. votingId 195361, document B-10-2026-0337, reference 2026/2680(DEA). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-08-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 195361, document B-10-2026-0337, reference 2026/2680(DEA). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}