Procedure

Environment: access to information and justice, public participation, application of the Arhus Convention

2020/0289(COD)·9th term·ENVI / JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Law and environment, liability

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): DOLESCHAL Christian (EPP)

Summary

This dossier concerns access to information and justice and public participation in environmental matters, applying the Aarhus Convention. Amendments revise recitals and provisions on the European Green Deal, the internal review under Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006, the definition of an administrative act and inclusion of non-legislative acts, access for environmental non-governmental organisations, Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention, the Compliance Committee, CJEU case law, and State aid under TFEU.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
8 Feb 2021 – 11 Mar 2021
Plenary vote — Passed
20 May 2021 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Passed
5 Oct 2021 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 48
Procedure completed

200

Amendments

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Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

8 Feb 2021 – 11 Mar 2021

Dates

Plenary votes

22 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Where each group stood at the decisive votes

Group			Shift
EPP	For99%	For100%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Abstained82%	Against89%	Abstained → Against
The Left	For100%	For100%	consistent
ID	Against69%	Against96%	consistent
Non-attached	For81%	For76%	consistent

Milestones are the votes that adopt or reject text (not every amendment vote) — the percentage is the share of the group’s Members behind that position. Click a column heading to open the vote below.

Show the 19 earlier votes
1. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 23
  Official label: Am 23 · what was voted ↗
  567 for92 against33 abstentions13 did not vote
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2. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 46
  Official label: Am 46 · what was voted ↗
  145 for521 against27 abstentions12 did not vote
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3. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 45
  Official label: Am 45 · what was voted ↗
  160 for503 against30 abstentions12 did not vote
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4. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 42
  Official label: Am 42 · what was voted ↗
  153 for536 against4 abstentions12 did not vote
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5. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 39
  Official label: Am 39 · what was voted ↗
  143 for545 against3 abstentions14 did not vote
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6. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 41
  Official label: Am 41 · what was voted ↗
  154 for536 against3 abstentions12 did not vote
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7. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 31
  Official label: Am 31 · what was voted ↗
  628 for61 against4 abstentions12 did not vote
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8. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 43
  Official label: Am 43 · what was voted ↗
  138 for509 against46 abstentions12 did not vote
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9. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 5
  Official label: Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  561 for127 against5 abstentions12 did not vote
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10. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 36S
  Official label: Am 36S · what was voted ↗
  130 for557 against4 abstentions14 did not vote
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11. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 37
  Official label: Am 37 · what was voted ↗
  131 for552 against8 abstentions14 did not vote
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12. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 10
  Official label: Am 10 · what was voted ↗
  633 for50 against10 abstentions12 did not vote
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13. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 47
  Official label: Am 47 · what was voted ↗
  152 for485 against56 abstentions12 did not vote
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14. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 1
  Official label: Am 1-4, 6-9, 11-22, 25-26, 28-30, 32-35 · what was voted ↗
  554 for105 against34 abstentions12 did not vote
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15. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 24 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: Am 24/1 · what was voted ↗
  552 for126 against14 abstentions13 did not vote
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16. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 24 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: Am 24/2 · what was voted ↗
  505 for174 against13 abstentions13 did not vote
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17. 20 May 2021Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 38S
  Official label: Am 38S · what was voted ↗
  130 for557 against4 abstentions14 did not vote
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18. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 27
  Official label: Am 27 · what was voted ↗
  551 for132 against10 abstentions12 did not vote
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19. 20 May 2021Passedoutcome from totals
  On a procedural vote to send the text back to committee, under Parliament's rules
  Official label: Renvoi (article 59, paragraphe 4 du règlement) · what was voted ↗
  613 for51 against29 abstentions12 did not vote
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20 May 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
553 for62 against78 abstentions12 did not vote
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5 Oct 2021Passedoutcome from totals
On amendment 49
Official label: Déclaration de la Commission - Am 49 · what was voted ↗
555 for126 against11 abstentions12 did not vote
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5 Oct 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 48
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 48 · what was voted ↗
554 for127 against10 abstentions13 did not vote
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