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Security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members

2024/0187(CNS)·10th term·LIBE·CNS - Consultation procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Protection of privacy and data protection · Public security
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): AZMANI Malik (Renew)
Summary

This dossier concerns the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to them and their family members. The amendments address the storage of biometric data such as facial images and fingerprints and the right to privacy and data protection, the absence of national or centralised databases, ICAO Document 9303 specifications, the inclusion of a person's sex or gender, the two-letter country code, exemptions for children under twelve from fingerprinting, retention and erasure of biometric identifiers, external service providers, and reporting and evaluation by the Commission.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    16 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    2 Apr 2025 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. Procedure completed
47
Amendments
distinct, in window
31
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
16 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
Dates

Plenary votes

7 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 →

  1. Show the 4 earlier votes
    1. 2 Apr 2025Adopted
      On the lead committee's amendments — amendment 8
      Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 8 · what was voted ↗
      432 for202 against25 abstentions59 did not vote
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    2. 2 Apr 2025Rejected
      On amendment 26 — paragraph 2 — article 3 — subparagraph 2
      Official label: Article 3, § 2, alinéa 2 - Am 26 · what was voted ↗
      205 for460 against10 abstentions43 did not vote
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    3. 2 Apr 2025Rejected
      On amendment 27 — paragraph 1 — point e — article 6
      Official label: Article 6, § 1, après le point e - Am 27 · what was voted ↗
      205 for463 against8 abstentions42 did not vote
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    4. 2 Apr 2025Rejected
      On amendment 28 — text to be inserted after recital 2
      Official label: Après le considérant 2 - Am 28 · what was voted ↗
      125 for536 against10 abstentions47 did not vote
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  2. 2 Apr 2025Rejected
    On amendment 29 — text to be inserted after recital 4
    Official label: Après le considérant 4 - Am 29 · what was voted ↗
    184 for479 against8 abstentions47 did not vote
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  3. 2 Apr 2025Rejected
    On amendment 24 — recital 23
    Official label: Considérant 23 - Am 24 · what was voted ↗
    208 for465 against5 abstentions40 did not vote
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  4. 2 Apr 2025Main voteAdopted
    On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
    Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
    377 for279 against16 abstentions46 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE766.918 ↗PE766.918 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

31 Members · by amendment count
1🇪🇸
Estrella GALÁN
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
22(22 solo)
2🇮🇹
Roberto VANNACCI
Patriots for Europe · Italy
18
3🇵🇹
António TÂNGER CORRÊA
Patriots for Europe · Portugal
18
4🇮🇹
Susanna CECCARDI
Patriots for Europe · Italy
18
5🇮🇹
Anna Maria CISINT
Patriots for Europe · Italy
18
6🇫🇷
Fabrice LEGGERI
Patriots for Europe · France
18
7🇧🇪
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE
Patriots for Europe · Belgium
18
8🇫🇷
Matthieu VALET
Patriots for Europe · France
18
9🇳🇱
Malik AZMANI
Renew Europe · Netherlands
12(7 solo)
10🇵🇱
Krzysztof ŚMISZEK
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
10
11🇫🇷
Emma RAFOWICZ
Socialists & Democrats · France
10
12🇮🇹
Alessandro ZAN
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
10
13🇨🇿
Nikola BARTŮŠEK
Patriots for Europe · Czechia
10
14🇵🇹
Francisco ASSIS
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
6
15🇵🇹
Ana Catarina MENDES
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
6
16🇮🇹
Marco TARQUINIO
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
6
17🇳🇱
Anna STROLENBERG
Greens / EFA · Netherlands
6(6 solo)
18🇮🇹
Paolo INSELVINI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
6
19🇮🇹
Alessandro CIRIANI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
6
20🇨🇿
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
European People's Party (EPP) · Czechia
6(6 solo)
21🇳🇱
Jeannette BALJEU
Renew Europe · Netherlands
5
22🇸🇰
Lucia YAR
Renew Europe · Slovakia
5
23🇳🇱
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE
Renew Europe · Netherlands
5
24🇸🇰
Milan UHRÍK
Europe of Sovereign Nations · Slovakia
4
25🇵🇱
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK
Europe of Sovereign Nations · Poland
4

The amendments, in full text

86 amendments

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

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