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Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods ***I

Civil Liberties64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "data protection"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 190096Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Some 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+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 “Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods ***I”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and ESN voted mostly in favour, while Left voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (591 for, 54 against, 8 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

591

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

537 votes

Turnout (cast)

653

Absent

Participation rate

90.8%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 4Absent 19

S&D135 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 0Absent 11

PfE85 MEPs

For 77Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Renew78 MEPs

For 72Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 44Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

The Left45 MEPs

For 0Against 41Abstain 0Absent 4

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 10Abstain 2Absent 2

ESN27 MEPs

For 24Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany80
France68
Italy55
Spain49
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

France81 MEPs

For 68Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6

Germany96 MEPs

For 80Against 9Abstain 0Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 55Against 10Abstain 0Absent 11

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 1Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 2Abstain 1Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 18Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 49Against 4Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 15Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

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