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Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers

2020/2021(INI)·9th term·ENVI / IMCO·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Internal market, single market · Business policy, e-commerce, after-sales service, commercial distribution · Consumers' economic and legal interests
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): CORMAND David (Verts/ALE)
Summary

An own-initiative report on a more sustainable single market for business and consumers. The amendments link recovery funds and investment plans to the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement, and address the circular economy, resource efficiency, waste reduction, durability, reparability and reusability of products, ecodesign, extended producer responsibility, programmed obsolescence and labelling on durability and reparability.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    5 Jun 2020 – 26 Jun 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    25 Nov 2020 · On the resolution (the text as a whole)
  3. Plenary vote — Passed
    21 Jan 2021 · On the motion for a resolution
  4. Procedure completed
424
Amendments
distinct, in window
27
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
5 Jun 2020 – 26 Jun 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

37 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

GroupShift
EPPAbstained81%For76%Abstained → For
S&DFor100%For100%consistent
RenewFor65%For84%consistent
Greens/EFAFor100%For100%consistent
ECRAgainst82%Against82%consistent
The LeftFor100%For97%consistent
IDAbstained46%Abstained66%consistent
Non-attachedFor73%For63%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.

  1. Show the 27 earlier votes
    1. 24 Nov 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 6 — point e (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 6, point e/2 · what was voted ↗
      402 for265 against34 abstentions4 did not vote
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    2. 24 Nov 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 10 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 10/1 · what was voted ↗
      641 for53 against6 abstentions5 did not vote
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    3. 24 Nov 2020Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 10 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 10/2 · what was voted ↗
      393 for305 against2 abstentions5 did not vote
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    4. 25 Nov 2020Main votePassedoutcome from totals
      On the resolution (the text as a whole)
      Official label: Résolution · what was voted ↗
      395 for94 against207 abstentions9 did not vote
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    5. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 4
      Official label: Am 4 · what was voted ↗
      444 for189 against55 abstentions15 did not vote
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    6. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5
      Official label: Am 5 · what was voted ↗
      627 for48 against13 abstentions15 did not vote
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    7. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 6
      Official label: Am 6 · what was voted ↗
      530 for76 against80 abstentions17 did not vote
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    8. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 11
      Official label: Am 11 · what was voted ↗
      529 for82 against75 abstentions17 did not vote
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    9. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 7
      Official label: Am 7 · what was voted ↗
      483 for84 against118 abstentions18 did not vote
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    10. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 8
      Official label: Am 8 · what was voted ↗
      532 for50 against106 abstentions15 did not vote
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    11. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 9
      Official label: Am 9 · what was voted ↗
      646 for26 against16 abstentions15 did not vote
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    12. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 10
      Official label: Am 10 · what was voted ↗
      668 for6 against14 abstentions15 did not vote
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    13. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1
      Official label: Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      631 for39 against17 abstentions16 did not vote
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    14. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2
      Official label: Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      615 for58 against14 abstentions16 did not vote
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    15. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3
      Official label: Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      666 for6 against15 abstentions16 did not vote
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    16. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 6 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 6/1 · what was voted ↗
      526 for105 against56 abstentions16 did not vote
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    17. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 6 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 6/2 · what was voted ↗
      475 for174 against38 abstentions16 did not vote
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    18. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 10
      Official label: § 10 · what was voted ↗
      484 for139 against63 abstentions17 did not vote
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    19. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 47 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 47/1 · what was voted ↗
      554 for52 against82 abstentions15 did not vote
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    20. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 47 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 47/2 · what was voted ↗
      490 for146 against51 abstentions16 did not vote
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    21. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 49 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 49/1 · what was voted ↗
      664 for8 against16 abstentions15 did not vote
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    22. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 49 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 49/2 · what was voted ↗
      497 for128 against62 abstentions16 did not vote
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    23. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 53 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 53/1 · what was voted ↗
      539 for75 against72 abstentions17 did not vote
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    24. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 53 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 53/2 · what was voted ↗
      482 for151 against54 abstentions16 did not vote
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    25. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital D
      Official label: Considérant D/1 · what was voted ↗
      616 for16 against54 abstentions17 did not vote
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    26. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital D
      Official label: Considérant D/2 · what was voted ↗
      463 for128 against93 abstentions19 did not vote
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    27. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
      On recital D
      Official label: Considérant D/3 · what was voted ↗
      461 for139 against84 abstentions19 did not vote
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  2. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 50 (part 1 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 50/1 · what was voted ↗
    574 for37 against77 abstentions15 did not vote
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  3. 21 Jan 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 50 (part 2 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 50/2 · what was voted ↗
    494 for132 against61 abstentions16 did not vote
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  4. 21 Jan 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution
    Official label: Proposition de résolution · what was voted ↗
    485 for86 against108 abstentions24 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 37 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE647.121 ↗PE653.970 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

27 Members · by amendment count
1🇫🇷
Sandro GOZI
Renew Europe · France
66(66 solo)
2🇵🇹
Maria da Graça CARVALHO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
53(53 solo)
3🇱🇺
Marc ANGEL
Socialists & Democrats · Luxembourg
52(52 solo)
4🇷🇴
Rovana PLUMB
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
20
5🇭🇷
Biljana BORZAN
Socialists & Democrats · Croatia
20(1 solo)
6🇵🇱
Łukasz KOHUT
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
18
7🇵🇹
Sara CERDAS
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
18
8🇸🇮
Milan BRGLEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
17
9🇷🇴
Tudor CIUHODARU
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
17
10🇮🇹
Simona BONAFÈ
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
16
11🇪🇸
César LUENA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
15
12🇫🇷
Jean-Lin LACAPELLE
Identity & Democracy · France
15(15 solo)
13🇷🇴
Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ
Renew Europe · Romania
13(13 solo)
14🇮🇪
Mick WALLACE
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
10(1 solo)
15🇪🇸
Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
9
16🇭🇺
Edina TÓTH
Non-attached · Hungary
8(6 solo)
17🇫🇮
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
European People's Party (EPP) · Finland
7(7 solo)
18🇳🇱
Bas EICKHOUT
Greens / EFA · Netherlands
6(6 solo)
19🇫🇷
Aurélia BEIGNEUX
Identity & Democracy · France
5
20🇫🇷
Catherine GRISET
Patriots for Europe · France
5
21🇸🇪
Jessica POLFJÄRD
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
5(5 solo)
22🇵🇱
Anna ZALEWSKA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
3(3 solo)
23🇷🇴
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
3(3 solo)
24🇫🇷
Pascal CANFIN
Renew Europe · France
2(2 solo)
25🇧🇬
Radan KANEV
European People's Party (EPP) · Bulgaria
2(2 solo)

The amendments, in full text

424 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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