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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/745 of 6 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances aluminium ammonium sulphate, aluminium silicate, beflubutamid, benthiavalicarb, bifenazate, boscalid, calcium carbonate, captan, carbon dioxide, cymoxanil, dimethomorph, ethephon, extract from tea tree, famoxadone, fat distillation residues, fatty acids C7 to C20, flumioxazine, fluoxastrobin, flurochloridone, folpet, formetanate, gibberellic acid, gibberellins, heptamaloxyloglucan, hydrolysed proteins, iron sulphate, metazachlor, metribuzin, milbemectin, Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251, phenmedipham, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, plant oils/rape seed oil, potassium hydrogen carbonate, propamocarb, prothioconazole, quartz sand, fish oil, repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, S-metolachlor, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones, tebuconazole and urea

Climate & Environment66%★
Confidence: 66%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "carbon"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Energy65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "hydrogen"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
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Vote ID 133730Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
87
/ 100

Importance Score

Key vote

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓Main vote
  • ✓Legislative procedure
  • ✓High-interest topic: Climate
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Some national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
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Topic importance+12 / 15
Turnout+5 / 5
Vote type+25 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+15 / 15
Rebel votes+10 / 10
Group division+10 / 15
Country division+10 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/745 of 6 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances aluminium ammonium sulphate, aluminium silicate, beflubutamid, benthiavalicarb, bifenazate, boscalid, calcium carbonate, captan, carbon dioxide, cymoxanil, dimethomorph, ethephon, extract from tea tree, famoxadone, fat distillation residues, fatty acids C7 to C20, flumioxazine, fluoxastrobin, flurochloridone, folpet, formetanate, gibberellic acid, gibberellins, heptamaloxyloglucan, hydrolysed proteins, iron sulphate, metazachlor, metribuzin, milbemectin, Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251, phenmedipham, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, plant oils/rape seed oil, potassium hydrogen carbonate, propamocarb, prothioconazole, quartz sand, fish oil, repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/sheep fat, S-metolachlor, Straight Chain Lepidopteran Pheromones, tebuconazole and urea”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (434 for, 230 against, 27 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For
434
Against
230
Abstain
27
Margin of victory
204 votes
Turnout (cast)
691
Absent
14
Participation rate
98.0%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 40Against 123Abstain 13Absent 3
S&D136 MEPs
For 129Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3
Renew101 MEPs
For 74Against 25Abstain 2Absent 0
Greens/EFA71 MEPs
For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3
PfE67 MEPs
For 48Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1
ECR63 MEPs
For 4Against 51Abstain 5Absent 3
NI44 MEPs
For 32Against 10Abstain 1Absent 1
The Left38 MEPs
For 38Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • France70
  • Italy57
  • Germany47
  • Spain41
  • Greece20
Most against
  • Poland37
  • Netherlands15
  • Hungary13
  • Sweden11
  • Bulgaria8
Divided delegations
  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 11Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1
Belgium21 MEPs
For 16Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 6Against 8Abstain 3Absent 0
Croatia12 MEPs
For 6Against 2Abstain 4Absent 0
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 8Against 7Abstain 5Absent 1
Denmark14 MEPs
For 9Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Estonia7 MEPs
For 4Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2
Finland14 MEPs
For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
France79 MEPs
For 70Against 1Abstain 7Absent 1
Germany96 MEPs
For 47Against 46Abstain 0Absent 3
Greece21 MEPs
For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0
Hungary21 MEPs
For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0
Ireland13 MEPs
For 9Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Italy76 MEPs
For 57Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1
Latvia8 MEPs
For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 14Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0
Poland52 MEPs
For 11Against 37Abstain 1Absent 3
Portugal21 MEPs
For 15Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Romania33 MEPs
For 16Against 14Abstain 3Absent 0
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 12Against 1Abstain 1Absent 0
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 6Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0
Spain59 MEPs
For 41Against 18Abstain 0Absent 0
Sweden21 MEPs
For 9Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

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