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Deforestation Regulation

2021/0366(COD)·9th term·AGRI / DEVE / ENVI / IMCO / INTA·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Forestry policy · Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity

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

Summary

A regulation on making available on the Union market and exporting certain commodities and products associated with deforestation. Amendments rework recitals on deforestation, forest degradation and the climate crisis, and adjust the commodities in scope (cattle, maize, poultry, rubber, soy, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, timber), addressing cooperation with producer countries, the EU Observatory, the 'deforestation-free' definition, compliance costs for operators and SMEs, and the Paris Agreement and European Green Deal.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
29 Mar 2022 – 12 Jul 2022
Plenary vote — Passed
13 Sep 2022 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Passed
19 Apr 2023 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 267
Procedure completed

2,131

Amendments

distinct, in window

109

Members

tabled at least one

5

Committee(s)

29 Mar 2022 – 12 Jul 2022

Dates

Plenary votes

11 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	For76%	For79%	consistent
S&D	For98%	For98%	consistent
Renew	For85%	For93%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Abstained60%	For73%	Abstained → For
The Left	For100%	For100%	consistent
ID	Abstained77%	For70%	Abstained → For
Non-attached	For42%	For72%	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 8 earlier votes
1. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 40
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 40 · what was voted ↗
  312 for277 against35 abstentions80 did not vote
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2. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 87
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 87 · what was voted ↗
  319 for279 against35 abstentions71 did not vote
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3. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 105
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 105 · what was voted ↗
  318 for282 against30 abstentions74 did not vote
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4. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 127 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 127/1 · what was voted ↗
  319 for282 against30 abstentions73 did not vote
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5. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 127 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 127/2 · what was voted ↗
  311 for292 against22 abstentions79 did not vote
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6. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 130
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 130 · what was voted ↗
  316 for285 against26 abstentions77 did not vote
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7. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 148
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 148 · what was voted ↗
  314 for277 against34 abstentions79 did not vote
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8. 13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 149
  Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 149 · what was voted ↗
  315 for282 against34 abstentions73 did not vote
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13 Sep 2022Passedoutcome from totals
On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 158
Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - vote séparé - Am 158 · what was voted ↗
327 for260 against45 abstentions72 did not vote
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13 Sep 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
453 for57 against123 abstentions71 did not vote
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19 Apr 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 267
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 267 · what was voted ↗
552 for44 against43 abstentions66 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE729.816 ↗PE730.095 ↗PE730.098 ↗PE730.099 ↗PE730.104 ↗PE731.597 ↗PE731.626 ↗PE731.627 ↗PE731.628 ↗PE731.704 ↗PE731.737 ↗PE731.815 ↗PE731.815 ↗PE732.872 ↗

Connections

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Full record

Members who amended this procedure

109 Members · by amendment count

Christophe HANSEN

European People's Party (EPP) · Luxembourg

Monika BEŇOVÁ

Non-attached · Slovakia

Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Non-attached · Czechia

Marie TOUSSAINT

Greens / EFA · France

Delara BURKHARDT

Socialists & Democrats · Germany

Socialists & Democrats · Belgium

Socialists & Democrats · Malta

Socialists & Democrats · Austria

Renew Europe · Slovakia

Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ

Greens / EFA · Romania

Catherine CHABAUD

Renew Europe · France

Renew Europe · Slovakia

The Left (GUE/NGL) · Netherlands

Frédérique RIES

Renew Europe · Belgium

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU

Renew Europe · France

Greens / EFA · Finland

Socialists & Democrats · France

Saskia BRICMONT

Greens / EFA · Belgium

Greens / EFA · Germany

Renew Europe · Slovenia

Socialists & Democrats · Germany

Martin HÄUSLING

Greens / EFA · Germany

Jörgen WARBORN

European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden

European People's Party (EPP) · Romania

Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ

European People's Party (EPP) · Spain

The amendments, in full text

2,131 amendments

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

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