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Road & vehicles

Decisions about road transport, cars, trucks, driving licences, road safety or vehicle standards.

Decisions
13 on 11 sitting days
Outcomes
11 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
6 May 2025 – 7 Jul 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
8
By kind
Consent 1 · New laws 12
Key
transport/road
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Decisions, 13

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
7 Jul 2026International passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Austria and Switzerland New lawsPassed654 for, 4 against, 1 abstained by roll call
18 Jun 2026Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (No. 2, 18 Jun 2026) New lawsPassed437 for, 112 against, 20 abstained by roll call
21 May 2026Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package) New lawsNegotiating mandate approved369 for, 126 against, 84 abstained by roll call
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 1, 12 Mar 2026) New lawsPassed473 for, 81 against, 9 abstained by roll call
10 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 4, 10 Mar 2026) New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
21 Oct 2025Driving licences New lawsApproved without a voteshow of hands — no count
21 Oct 2025Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications New lawsApproved without a voteshow of hands — no count
7 Oct 2025Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions (No. 3, 7 Oct 2025) New lawsPassed458 for, 182 against, 11 abstained by roll call
9 Sept 2025Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (No. 1, 9 Sept 2025) New lawsPassed431 for, 145 against, 76 abstained by roll call
9 Sept 2025Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions (No. 2, 9 Sept 2025) New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count

All 13 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 6

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 8 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor4Against2Abst.1Divided1With outcome4of8
GreensFor5Against2Abst.1Divided0With outcome5of8
S&DFor8Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome8of8
RenewFor8Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome8of8
EPPFor8Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome8of8
ECRFor4Against1Abst.0Divided3With outcome6of8
PatriotsFor3Against4Abst.0Divided1With outcome3of8
ESNFor3Against5Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of8

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Sources & citation

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

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Road & vehicles”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/transport?sub=road (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-transport-road,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Road \& vehicles}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/transport?sub=road}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/transport?sub=road},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}