Procedure

Digital Services Act

2020/0361(COD)·9th term·CULT / ECON / FEMM / IMCO / ITRE / JURI / LIBE / TRAN·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed

Subjects: Internal market, single market · Free movement of services, freedom to provide · Information and communication technologies, digital technologies · 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): SCHALDEMOSE Christel (S&D)

Summary

The Digital Services Act establishes Union rules for providers of intermediary services and online platforms. The amendments address illegal content, content moderation and automated tools, notice-and-action mechanisms and trusted flaggers, obligations on online platforms (with exemptions for micro and small enterprises), verification of traders' information, online advertisement, and systemic-risk assessment and mitigation for very large online platforms, including their role in shaping public opinion and the gig and on-demand economy.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
1 Jun 2021 – 10 Sep 2021
Plenary vote — Passed
20 Jan 2022 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Passed
5 Jul 2022 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) · amendment 564
Procedure completed

5,901

Amendments

distinct, in window

224

Members

tabled at least one

Committees

1 Jun 2021 – 10 Sep 2021

Dates

Plenary votes

126 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	For82%	For100%	consistent
S&D	For99%	For99%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For93%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For56%	For67%	consistent
The Left	Abstained77%	For88%	Abstained → For
ID	Against66%	Against73%	consistent
Non-attached	For69%	For83%	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 27 earlier votes
1. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 474 · recital 13
  Official label: Considérant 13 - Am 474 · what was voted ↗
  300 for379 against10 abstentions16 did not vote
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2. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 542 · text to be inserted after recital 15
  Official label: Après le considérant 15 - Am 542 · what was voted ↗
  125 for543 against21 abstentions16 did not vote
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3. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 509 · recital 22
  Official label: Considérant 22 - Am 509 · what was voted ↗
  229 for427 against31 abstentions18 did not vote
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4. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 19 · recital 22
  Official label: Considérant 22 - Am 19 · what was voted ↗
  652 for28 against11 abstentions14 did not vote
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5. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 486 · text to be inserted after recital 23
  Official label: Après le considérant 23 - Am 486 · what was voted ↗
  90 for592 against7 abstentions16 did not vote
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6. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 519 · recital 25
  Official label: Considérant 25 - Am 519 · what was voted ↗
  235 for437 against19 abstentions14 did not vote
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7. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 510 · recital 26
  Official label: Considérant 26 - Am 510 · what was voted ↗
  214 for421 against54 abstentions16 did not vote
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8. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 24 (part 1 of a split vote) · text to be inserted after recital 27
  Official label: Après le considérant 27 - Am 24/1 · what was voted ↗
  647 for36 against8 abstentions14 did not vote
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9. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 24 (part 2 of a split vote) · text to be inserted after recital 27
  Official label: Après le considérant 27 - Am 24/2 · what was voted ↗
  339 for298 against54 abstentions14 did not vote
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10. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 517 · recital 28
  Official label: Considérant 28 - Am 517 · what was voted ↗
  355 for325 against11 abstentions14 did not vote
  Decided by 30 votes. The contested ground: ID (split 41 For / 26 Against)
  Broke with their group’s line61 Members voted against their group’s majority
  Alexandr VONDRA
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Assita KANKO
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Eugen JURZYCA
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Geert BOURGEOIS
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Jan ZAHRADIL
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Johan VAN OVERTVELDT
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). A group’s line = the majority of its expressed votes.
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11. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 518 · recital 31
  Official label: Considérant 31 - Am 518 · what was voted ↗
  234 for385 against72 abstentions14 did not vote
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12. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 493 · recital 38
  Official label: Considérant 38 - Am 493 · what was voted ↗
  156 for530 against5 abstentions14 did not vote
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13. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 511 (part 1 of a split vote) · recital 38
  Official label: Considérant 38 - Am 511/1 · what was voted ↗
  316 for332 against41 abstentions16 did not vote
  Decided by 16 votes. The contested ground: EPP (split 95 For / 78 Against) · S&D (split 46 For / 81 Against) · The Left (19 abstentions)
  Broke with their group’s line151 Members voted against their group’s majority
  Bert-Jan RUISSEN
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Dace MELBĀRDE
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Dorien ROOKMAKER
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Roberts ZĪLE
  ECR
  Voted Against
  Alexander ALEXANDROV YORDANOV
  EPP
  Voted Against
  Alexander BERNHUBER
  EPP
  Voted Against
  Andrey KOVATCHEV
  EPP
  Voted Against
  Andrey NOVAKOV
  EPP
  Voted Against
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14. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 511 (part 2 of a split vote) · recital 38
  Official label: Considérant 38 - Am 511/2 · what was voted ↗
  219 for415 against55 abstentions16 did not vote
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15. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 38 · recital 38
  Official label: Considérant 38 - Am 38 · what was voted ↗
  668 for17 against6 abstentions14 did not vote
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16. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 487 · recital 38
  Official label: Considérant 38 - Am 487 · what was voted ↗
  155 for527 against7 abstentions16 did not vote
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17. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 488 · text to be inserted after recital 38
  Official label: Après le considérant 38 - Am 488 · what was voted ↗
  102 for580 against7 abstentions16 did not vote
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18. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 512 · text to be inserted after recital 39
  Official label: Après le considérant 39 - Am 512 · what was voted ↗
  334 for316 against38 abstentions17 did not vote
  Decided by 18 votes. The contested ground: EPP (split 74 For / 96 Against) · ID (27 abstentions) · Renew (split 17 For / 83 Against)
  Broke with their group’s line126 Members voted against their group’s majority
  Assita KANKO
  ECR
  Voted For
  Bert-Jan RUISSEN
  ECR
  Voted For
  Carlo FIDANZA
  ECR
  Voted For
  Dace MELBĀRDE
  ECR
  Voted For
  Emmanouil FRAGKOS
  ECR
  Voted For
  Geert BOURGEOIS
  ECR
  Voted For
  Giuseppe MILAZZO
  ECR
  Voted For
  Johan VAN OVERTVELDT
  ECR
  Voted For
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19. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 489S · recital 46
  Official label: Considérant 46 - Am 489S · what was voted ↗
  97 for585 against6 abstentions17 did not vote
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20. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 50 · recital 46
  Official label: Considérant 46 - Am 50 · what was voted ↗
  606 for66 against19 abstentions14 did not vote
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21. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 482 · recital 46
  Official label: Considérant 46 - Am 482 · what was voted ↗
  254 for398 against38 abstentions15 did not vote
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22. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 458 · text to be inserted after recital 50
  Official label: Après le considérant 50 - Am 458 · what was voted ↗
  212 for468 against11 abstentions14 did not vote
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23. 19 Jan 2022Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 498 · text to be inserted after recital 52
  Official label: Après le considérant 52 - Am 498 · what was voted ↗
  336 for302 against53 abstentions14 did not vote
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24. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 543 · recital 64
  Official label: Considérant 64 - Am 543 · what was voted ↗
  306 for374 against11 abstentions14 did not vote
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25. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 475 · text to be inserted after recital 65
  Official label: Après le considérant 65 - Am 475 · what was voted ↗
  193 for485 against13 abstentions14 did not vote
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26. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 476 · text to be inserted after recital 65
  Official label: Après le considérant 65 - Am 476 · what was voted ↗
  216 for463 against12 abstentions14 did not vote
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27. 19 Jan 2022Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 483 · text to be inserted after recital 106
  Official label: Après le considérant 106 - Am 483= 544= · what was voted ↗
  209 for441 against41 abstentions14 did not vote
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20 Jan 2022Passedoutcome 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 ↗
586 for42 against60 abstentions17 did not vote
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20 Jan 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
530 for78 against80 abstentions17 did not vote
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5 Jul 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) · amendment 564
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 564 · what was voted ↗
539 for54 against30 abstentions82 did not vote
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Showing the 30 most relevant of 126 recorded votes — the full list ships with the data files. · Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only