← Votes·2024-03-13

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 ***I

Trade65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "customs"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 166049Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 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 “Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 ***I”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (486 for, 19 against, 97 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

486

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

467 votes

Turnout (cast)

602

Absent

103

Participation rate

85.4%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 161Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 111Against 5Abstain 0Absent 20

Renew100 MEPs

For 79Against 1Abstain 0Absent 20

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 60Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR65 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 47Absent 7

PfE64 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 32Absent 12

NI46 MEPs

For 18Against 6Abstain 11Absent 11

The Left38 MEPs

For 30Against 2Abstain 1Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 1Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Italy55
Spain51
France50
Netherlands22

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 15Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 4Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

France79 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 18Absent 10

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 10Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 2Abstain 2Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 8Absent 7

Ireland13 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 0Abstain 8Absent 13

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 22Against 1Abstain 3Absent 3

Poland52 MEPs

For 20Against 2Abstain 23Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 4Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 5Abstain 3Absent 2

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