← Votes·2023-02-16

Transitional provisions for certain medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Health65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "medical device"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 152881Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+0 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Transitional provisions for certain medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (537 for, 3 against, 24 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

537

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

534 votes

Turnout (cast)

564

Absent

141

Participation rate

80.0%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 146Against 0Abstain 0Absent 33

S&D136 MEPs

For 107Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

Renew100 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

ECR64 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 2Absent 11

PfE65 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 4Absent 18

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 5Absent 13

The Left37 MEPs

For 17Against 1Abstain 12Absent 7

ESN4 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany71
France60
Italy59
Poland47
Spain45

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Croatia12 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Denmark14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

France79 MEPs

For 60Against 1Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 71Against 0Abstain 4Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 2Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

Ireland13 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 21Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Poland52 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 22Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 4Absent 10

Sweden21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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