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Urban wastewater treatment. Recast

2022/0345(COD)·9th term·ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Subjects: Water control and management, pollution of waterways, water pollution
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): TORVALDS Nils (Renew)
Summary

A recast of EU rules on urban wastewater treatment. The amendments set monitoring frequencies and discharge limits for total phosphorus and total nitrogen by agglomeration size in population equivalents, add monitoring of micro-pollutants, micro-plastics and PFAS in wastewater and sludge, require broad chemical screening and data sets on samples and greenhouse gas emissions, and task the Commission with methodologies, delegated and implementing acts and a possible water treatment transition fund.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    9 May 2023 – 10 May 2023
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    5 Oct 2023 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. Plenary vote — Adopted
    10 Apr 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) · amendment 268
  4. Procedure completed
1,360
Amendments
distinct, in window
71
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee
9 May 2023 – 10 May 2023
Dates

Plenary votes

14 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

GroupShift
EPPFor96%For99%consistent
S&DFor99%For96%consistent
RenewFor94%For97%consistent
Greens/EFAFor100%For100%consistent
ECRAbstained79%Against46%Abstained → Against
The LeftAbstained58%For88%Abstained → For
IDAgainst65%Against63%consistent
Non-attachedFor44%For54%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.

  1. Show the 11 earlier votes
    1. 5 Oct 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 253 (part 1 of a split vote) · text to be inserted after paragraph 4 · article 7
      Official label: Article 7, après le § 4 - Am 253/1 · what was voted ↗
      256 for298 against2 abstentions149 did not vote
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    2. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 95 · paragraph 1 · article 8
      Official label: Article 8, § 1, sous § 1 - Am 95 · what was voted ↗
      396 for137 against12 abstentions160 did not vote
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    3. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 96 · paragraph 1 · article 8
      Official label: Article 8, § 1, sous § 2 - Am 96 · what was voted ↗
      421 for133 against11 abstentions140 did not vote
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    4. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 108 · paragraph 1 · article 9 · subparagraph 1
      Official label: Article 9, § 1, après l'alinéa 1 - Am 108 · what was voted ↗
      316 for225 against24 abstentions140 did not vote
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    5. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 267 · text to be inserted after paragraph 2 · article 11
      Official label: Article 11, après le § 2 - Am 267 · what was voted ↗
      274 for273 against15 abstentions143 did not vote
      Decided by 1 vote. The contested ground: Non-attached (split 20 For / 16 Against) · Renew (split 14 For / 68 Against) · S&D (split 10 For / 91 Against)

      Broke with their group’s line54 Members voted against their group’s majority

      Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). A group’s line = the majority of its expressed votes.

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    6. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 15 (part 2 of a split vote) · recital 13
      Official label: Considérant 13 - Am 15/2 · what was voted ↗
      423 for129 against8 abstentions145 did not vote
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    7. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 15 (part 3 of a split vote) · recital 13
      Official label: Considérant 13 - Am 15/3 · what was voted ↗
      324 for154 against82 abstentions145 did not vote
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    8. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On the lead committee's amendments · amendment 19 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 19/2 · what was voted ↗
      330 for135 against101 abstentions139 did not vote
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    9. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On the lead committee's amendments · amendment 36 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 36/2 · what was voted ↗
      330 for133 against102 abstentions140 did not vote
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    10. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On the lead committee's amendments · amendment 92 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 92/2 · what was voted ↗
      322 for224 against17 abstentions142 did not vote
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    11. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On the lead committee's amendments · amendment 109
      Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 109 · what was voted ↗
      247 for208 against105 abstentions145 did not vote
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  2. 5 Oct 2023Passedoutcome from totals
    On the lead committee's amendments · amendment 237 (part 2 of a split vote)
    Official label: Amendements de la commission compétente - votes séparés - Am 237/2 · what was voted ↗
    291 for257 against19 abstentions138 did not vote
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  3. 5 Oct 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
    Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
    420 for62 against84 abstentions139 did not vote
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  4. 10 Apr 2024Main voteAdopted
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) · amendment 268
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 268 · what was voted ↗
    481 for79 against26 abstentions119 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE746.950 ↗PE747.010 ↗PE748.961 ↗PE748.962 ↗PE748.963 ↗PE748.982 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

71 Members · by amendment count
1
Margrete AUKEN
Margrete AUKEN
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇰 Denmark
175(175 solo)
2
Pietro FIOCCHI
Pietro FIOCCHI
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇮🇹 Italy
140(140 solo)
3
Marian-Jean MARINESCU
Marian-Jean MARINESCU
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
113(22 solo)
4
Nikolaj VILLUMSEN
Nikolaj VILLUMSEN
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇩🇰 Denmark
112
5
Anja HAZEKAMP
Anja HAZEKAMP
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
112
6
Sara CERDAS
Sara CERDAS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇹 Portugal
111(7 solo)
7
Aurélia BEIGNEUX
Aurélia BEIGNEUX
Identity & Democracy · 🇫🇷 France
108(32 solo)
8
Marek Paweł BALT
Marek Paweł BALT
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇱 Poland
106
9
Mohammed CHAHIM
Mohammed CHAHIM
Socialists & Democrats · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
95
10
Adam JARUBAS
Adam JARUBAS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
95(19 solo)
11
Jessica POLFJÄRD
Jessica POLFJÄRD
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
86(11 solo)
12
Massimiliano SALINI
Massimiliano SALINI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
82(13 solo)
13
Danilo Oscar LANCINI
Danilo Oscar LANCINI
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
78
14
Silvia SARDONE
Silvia SARDONE
Patriots for Europe · 🇮🇹 Italy
78
15
Matteo ADINOLFI
Matteo ADINOLFI
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
78
16
Rosanna CONTE
Rosanna CONTE
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
78
17
Gianna GANCIA
Gianna GANCIA
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
78
18
Deirdre CLUNE
Deirdre CLUNE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇪 Ireland
76
19
Dolors MONTSERRAT
Dolors MONTSERRAT
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
76
20
Gianantonio DA RE
Gianantonio DA RE
Identity & Democracy · 🇮🇹 Italy
76
21
Ljudmila NOVAK
Ljudmila NOVAK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇮 Slovenia
75
22
Radan KANEV
Radan KANEV
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
75(1 solo)
23
Colm MARKEY
Colm MARKEY
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇪 Ireland
74
24
Seán KELLY
Seán KELLY
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇪 Ireland
74
25
Günther SIDL
Günther SIDL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇦🇹 Austria
73(16 solo)

The amendments, in full text

1,360 amendments

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