← Votes·2024-02-28

Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast) ***I

Vote ID 164600Source: 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
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 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 “Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast) ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. Greens-EFA mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (526 for, 23 against, 70 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

526

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

503 votes

Turnout (cast)

619

Absent

Participation rate

87.8%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 160Against 0Abstain 1Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 121Against 0Abstain 1Absent 14

Renew100 MEPs

For 92Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 60Absent 3

ECR65 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 3Absent 11

PfE64 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 30Against 4Abstain 2Absent 10

The Left38 MEPs

For 14Against 14Abstain 2Absent 8

ESN4 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany66
France56
Italy56
Spain44
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 3Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 12Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 2Abstain 21Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 3Absent 17

Latvia8 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 2Abstain 3Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 4Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 1Abstain 5Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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