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Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances

Effect
Passed
Result
367 for · 240 against · 59 abstained roll call
Date
15 September 2026, 13:23–13:24
Kind
New EU law · 1st reading
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0230
Dossier
2026/0085(COD)
Source
Committee report by Pierfrancesco Maran
Topics
Climate & environment Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
11 votes · 5 roll calls · 3 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Final vote
196438
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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: 367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (2 adopted, 1 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 1 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.

Backed by S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN; The Left and Greens 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 9Against 7Abst. 23No vote 5 of 44Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.38
GreensFor 8Against 13Abst. 28No vote 4 of 53Majority line AbstainedClear line Divided Cohesion 0.36
S&DFor 114Against 14Abst. 0No vote 7 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
RenewFor 64Against 9Abst. 0No vote 5 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
EPPFor 139Against 36Abst. 1No vote 8 of 184Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.68
ECRFor 17Against 58Abst. 1No vote 8 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.64
PatriotsFor 6Against 66Abst. 2No vote 10 of 84Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
ESNFor 2Against 23Abst. 1No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 8Against 14Abst. 3No vote 3 of 28Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Voted against their group, 89

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
Austria117200.33
Belgium128200.32
Bulgaria105020.50
Cyprus4200—
Czechia810120.29
Germany49281350.32
Denmark91230.63
Estonia6001—
Spain2330610.26
Finland92310.46
France2543850.35
Greece107310.25
Croatia93000.63
Hungary125120.50
Ireland92030.73
Italy3038440.29
Lithuania55010.25
Luxembourg3210—
Latvia5400—
Malta5001—
Netherlands158530.30
Poland379250.66
Portugal134130.58
Romania159180.40
Sweden143400.50
Slovenia8100—
Slovakia114000.60

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
Pierfrancesco MARAN ItalyS&DSpeeches115 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches115 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 11

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
1Proposal to reject the text Proposal for rejection Show of hands Rejected
2Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes Show of hands Adopted
3Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes Show of hands Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes Show of hands Adopted
3Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes Show of hands Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes Show of hands Adopted
5Amendment 4 A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 4 Roll call391 for, 275 against, 7 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
6Amendment 5 A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 5 Roll call367 for, 291 against, 7 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
7Amendment 6, adding text after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 – Article 1 – § 5 a – Am 6 Roll call271 for, 376 against, 13 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots, Greens
8After Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015 — part 1814 After Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 – Article 1 – § 5 a Counted294 for, 272 against, 102 abstained Adopted
9After Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015 — part 1814 After Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 – Article 1 – § 5 a Roll call0 for, 0 against, 0 abstained Lapsed
10Final vote A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Commission proposal Roll call367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained Adopted
11Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committee Show of hands Adopted

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

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0230

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

The proposal concerns a decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 so that allowances in the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) would no longer be invalidated.

Parliament adopted its position at first reading on this law, which means MEPs have set out where they stand and will need to agree with the Council before the law is final.

The committee report leaves the Commission's proposal unchanged, but its explanatory statement says this is not a substantive position and that a definitive view would be premature before the wider ETS review expected in mid-July 2026.

Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the proposal is replaced or substantially amended, and instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and national parliaments.

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Decision (EU) 2015/1814 on the market stability reserve. It keeps the invalidation of allowances until 28 February 2027, then raises the threshold above which allowances in the reserve become invalid from 400 million to 650 million from 1 March 2027.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0085(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve

Parliament adopted its position on 15 September 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 27 April 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 10 September 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 September 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 15 September 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Talks opened 15 September 2026 (current stage)
  6. Published as law (to come)

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.

Show 23 connections: Running issue: EU Emissions Trading System · Running issue: EU climate neutrality · Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU Emissions Trading System

Running issue: EU climate neutrality

Other decisions of the part-session on ENVI dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/3
Official sources
Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances”. Decision, 15 September 2026. votingId 196438, document A-10-2026-0230, reference 2026/0085(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 15 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-15/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-15-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-15/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196438, document A-10-2026-0230, reference 2026/0085(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-15-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-15 (CC BY 4.0)}
}