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Nature restoration

2022/0195(COD)·9th term·AGRI / ENVI / PECH·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

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

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): LUENA César (S&D)

Summary

Nature restoration is a file handled under the ordinary legislative procedure, meaning Parliament and the Council of the EU decide together to produce binding EU law. It was examined by the committees on Agriculture and Rural Development, Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and Fisheries, under the subject areas of environmental policy and the protection of natural resources, fauna, flora and biodiversity. The tabled amendments range from a Fisheries call to reject the Commission proposal outright to changes on ecosystem and biodiversity recovery, food productivity, climate change mitigation, marine restoration areas with buffer zones and passive restoration, Natura 2000 sites, favourable conservation status and the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. It shares subjects such as biodiversity protection with related files including Sustainable Carbon Cycles and the Union environment action programme (2021-2030).

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
9 Jan 2023 – 10 Feb 2023
Plenary vote — Passed
12 Jul 2023 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Adopted
27 Feb 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 137
Procedure completed

3,764

Amendments

distinct, in window

143

Members

tabled at least one

3

Committee(s)

9 Jan 2023 – 10 Feb 2023

Dates

Plenary votes

25 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	Against86%	Against77%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For94%	consistent
Renew	For70%	For63%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For97%	consistent
ECR	Against90%	Against94%	consistent
The Left	For100%	For90%	consistent
ID	Against100%	Against100%	consistent
Non-attached	Against61%	For64%	Against → For

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 22 earlier votes
1. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On a motion to reject the proposal
  Official label: Rejet · what was voted ↗
  312 for324 against12 abstentions57 did not vote
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2. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 114 — paragraph 1 — point b — article 1
  Official label: Article 1, § 1, point b - Am 114 · what was voted ↗
  343 for290 against13 abstentions59 did not vote
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3. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 115 — paragraph 2 — article 1
  Official label: Article 1, § 2 - Am 115 · what was voted ↗
  294 for337 against21 abstentions53 did not vote
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4. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 116 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2 — article 1
  Official label: Article 1, après le § 2 - Am 116 · what was voted ↗
  347 for296 against9 abstentions53 did not vote
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5. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 117 — paragraph 1 — point 7 — article 3
  Official label: Article 3, § 1, après le point 7 - Am 117 · what was voted ↗
  327 for313 against9 abstentions56 did not vote
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6. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 21 — paragraph 1 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 1 - Am 21 · what was voted ↗
  322 for320 against11 abstentions52 did not vote
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7. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 58 — paragraph 2 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 2 - Am 58 · what was voted ↗
  300 for324 against7 abstentions74 did not vote
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8. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 23 — paragraph 3 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 3 - Am 23 · what was voted ↗
  312 for325 against16 abstentions52 did not vote
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9. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 26 — paragraph 10 — article 4
  Official label: Article 4, § 10, partie introductive - Am 26 · what was voted ↗
  321 for321 against13 abstentions50 did not vote
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10. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 28 — paragraph 1 — article 5
  Official label: Article 5, § 1 - Am 28 · what was voted ↗
  321 for326 against8 abstentions50 did not vote
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11. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 30 — paragraph 3 — article 5
  Official label: Article 5, § 3 - Am 30 · what was voted ↗
  320 for323 against10 abstentions52 did not vote
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12. 12 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 33 — paragraph 10 — article 5
  Official label: Article 5, § 10, partie introductive - Am 33 · what was voted ↗
  319 for320 against10 abstentions56 did not vote
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13. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 88 — article 8
  Official label: Article 8 - Am 88-92 · what was voted ↗
  491 for133 against32 abstentions49 did not vote
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14. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 34S — article 9
  Official label: Article 9 - Am 34S &47S · what was voted ↗
  336 for313 against6 abstentions50 did not vote
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15. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 129S — paragraph 2 — article 10
  Official label: Article 10, § 2 - Am 129S-130S · what was voted ↗
  331 for293 against6 abstentions75 did not vote
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16. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 134 — article 18
  Official label: Après l'article 18 - Am 134 · what was voted ↗
  349 for290 against13 abstentions53 did not vote
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17. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 131 — article 22
  Official label: Après l'article 22 - Am 131 · what was voted ↗
  337 for302 against15 abstentions51 did not vote
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18. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 135 — text to be inserted after paragraph 1 — article 23
  Official label: Article 23, après le § 1 - Am 135 · what was voted ↗
  330 for309 against10 abstentions56 did not vote
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19. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome 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 ↗
  338 for300 against7 abstentions60 did not vote
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20. 12 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
  On amendment 18P — article 5 bis
  Official label: Article 5 bis - Am 18PC · what was voted ↗
  408 for222 against22 abstentions53 did not vote
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21. 12 Jul 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
  On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
  336 for300 against13 abstentions56 did not vote
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22. 27 Feb 2024Rejected
  On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 139
  Official label: Rejet - Am 139= 140= · what was voted ↗
  273 for345 against10 abstentions77 did not vote
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27 Feb 2024Rejected
On a procedural request to put the amendments to a vote
Official label: Demande de mettre au voix les amendements au projet d'acte législatif · what was voted ↗
201 for414 against12 abstentions78 did not vote
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27 Feb 2024Adopted
On amendment 138
Official label: Déclaration de la Commission - Am 138 · what was voted ↗
335 for266 against24 abstentions80 did not vote
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27 Feb 2024Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 137
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 137 · what was voted ↗
329 for275 against24 abstentions77 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE738.769 ↗PE740.579 ↗PE740.580 ↗PE740.821 ↗PE740.822 ↗PE740.823 ↗PE740.824 ↗PE740.825 ↗PE740.826 ↗PE740.827 ↗PE742.394 ↗PE742.462 ↗PE742.463 ↗PE742.464 ↗PE742.473 ↗

Connections

Related procedures

Sustainable Carbon Cycles

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Machinery for pesticide application

6th term · Environmental policy · Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity

Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund

10th term · Environmental policy

Union environment action programme (2021-2030)

9th term · Environmental policy

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Full record

Members who amended this procedure

143 Members · by amendment count

Asger CHRISTENSEN

Renew Europe · Denmark

Alexander BERNHUBER

European People's Party (EPP) · Austria

European People's Party (EPP) · Finland

Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ

Greens / EFA · Romania

Renew Europe · Netherlands

Herbert DORFMANN

European People's Party (EPP) · Italy

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

European People's Party (EPP) · Austria

Renew Europe · Slovakia

Renew Europe · Sweden

Renew Europe · Germany

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Renew Europe · Slovakia

Greens / EFA · Germany

Henna VIRKKUNEN

European People's Party (EPP) · Finland

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Marion WALSMANN

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Christian DOLESCHAL

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Monika HOHLMEIER

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Sabine VERHEYEN

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Renew Europe · Poland

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

European People's Party (EPP) · Germany

The amendments, in full text

3,764 amendments

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

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