Procedure

Persistent organic pollutants

2021/0340(COD)·9th term·ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity · Atmospheric pollution, motor vehicle pollution · Water control and management, pollution of waterways, water pollution · Marine and coastal pollution, pollution from ships, oil pollution · Soil pollution, deterioration · Transfrontier pollution · Waste management, domestic waste, packaging, light industrial waste · Dangerous substances, toxic and radioactive wastes (storage, transport) · International and regional environment protection measures and agreements

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): HOJSÍK Martin (Renew)

Summary

This codecision file amends the annexes to the EU regulation on persistent organic pollutants and to the waste Directive. Amendments set concentration limits for substances listed under the Stockholm Convention, including pentachlorophenol, dicofol, PFOA, PFHxS, PFBS, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, brominated diphenyl ethers, hexabromocyclododecane and dioxins, classify POP-containing waste above those limits as hazardous, and add delegated-act and traceability requirements, invoking the precautionary principle.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
9 Mar 2022
Plenary vote — Passed
3 May 2022 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Passed
4 Oct 2022 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 17
Procedure completed

Amendments

distinct, in window

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

9 Mar 2022

Dates

Plenary votes

2 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%	For99%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For100%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Against85%	For96%	Against → For
The Left	For97%	Abstained74%	For → Abstained
ID	Abstained58%	Abstained56%	consistent
Non-attached	For55%	Against44%	For → Against

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.

3 May 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
506 for68 against49 abstentions82 did not vote
For
Against
Abst.
Click a group to see each Member’s position.
4 Oct 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 17
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 17 · what was voted ↗
534 for25 against66 abstentions79 did not vote
For
Against
Abst.
Click a group to see each Member’s position.