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On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004

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On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004

Report A-10-2026-0004 · 12331/1/2025 – C100344/2025 – 2023/0124(COD)

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Plenary report A-10-2026-0004
Date
19 January 2026
Committee
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteur
Majdouline Sbai
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Subject matter
PROT, ENV, INDU
Reference
12331/1/2025 – C100344/2025 – 2023/0124(COD)
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Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a regulation on detergents and surfactants, which amends Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repeals Regulation (EC) No 648/2004.

Position. The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety recommends that Parliament approve the Council position at first reading.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position at first reading without amendments.
  2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position.

Legal basis. Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(12331/1/2025 – C100344/2025 – 2023/0124(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Council position at first reading (12331/1/2025 – C100344/2025),

–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 12 July 2023,

–having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0217),

–having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0004/2026),

1.Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3.Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4.Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Short justification

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.

Back matter, 1

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Annex: declaration of input 1 block

The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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Procedure – committee responsible 1 block
Table from the text: Title
TitleDetergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
References12331/1/2025 – C10-0344/2025 – 2023/0124(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number27.2.2024 T9-0091/2024
Draft act considered at first readingCOM(2023)0217 - C9-0154/2023
Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary18.12.2025
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenaryENVI 18.12.2025
Rapporteurs Date appointedMajdouline Sbai 12.9.2024
Discussed in committee6.2.202512.5.202524.6.2025
Date adopted19.1.2026
Result of final vote+: –: 0:61 2 13
Date tabled19.1.2026
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 blocks

61 · For

ECR
Pietro Fiocchi, Michele Picaro, Nicola Procaccini, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Beatrice Timgren, Alexandr Vondra
No group
Fernand Kartheiser
EPP
Hildegard Bentele, Alexander Bernhuber, Laurent Castillo, Gheorghe Falcă, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Esther Herranz García, Adam Jarubas, Radan Kanev, Stefan Köhler, Peter Liese, Jessica Polfjärd, Massimiliano Salini, Oliver Schenk, Christine Schneider, Sander Smit, Susana Solís Pérez, Liesbet Sommen, Zala Tomašič, Dimitris Tsiodras
Renew
Grégory Allione, Jeannette Baljeu, Stine Bosse, Sigrid Friis, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Billy Kelleher
S&D
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada, Biljana Borzan, Delara Burkhardt, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Annalisa Corrado, Heléne Fritzon, Romana Jerković, Alessandra Moretti, Leire Pajín, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Elena Sancho Murillo, Günther Sidl, Marta Temido, Bruno Tobback
The Left
Per Clausen, Sebastian Everding, Emma Fourreau, Martin Günther, Jonas Sjöstedt
Greens
Michael Bloss, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Tilly Metz, Rasmus Nordqvist, Jutta Paulus, Lena Schilling, Marie Toussaint

2 · Against

ECR
Jacek Ozdoba
EPP
Raúl de la Hoz Quintano

13 · Abstained

ESN
Anja Arndt, Ivan David, Marc Jongen
Patriots
Mathilde Androuët, Barbara Bonte, Susanna Ceccardi, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Roman Haider, Ondřej Knotek, Jana Nagyová, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Silvia Sardone, Antonín Staněk

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European Parliament (2026). “RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004”. Text, 22 January 2026. docId A-10-2026-0004, reference A10-0004/2026, procId 2023-0124. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0004 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0004_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2026-0004 (CC BY 4.0).
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