Procedure

Mercury: dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictions

2023/0272(COD)·9th term·ENVI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Solid fuels, coal mining, mining industry · Dangerous substances, toxic and radioactive wastes (storage, transport) · Export/import control, trade defence, trade barriers

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

Summary

This dossier subjects dental amalgam and other mercury-added products to manufacturing, import and export restrictions. The amendments would prohibit dental amalgam for dental treatment given available mercury-free alternatives, address mercury pollution of water, air and land including from crematoria, restrict the export of mercury-added products and mercury-added lamps, prohibit manufacture, import and export of mercury compounds, and address other uses such as porosimetry, lighthouses and thimerosal in vaccines.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
27 Nov 2023 – 19 Dec 2023
Plenary vote — Adopted
17 Jan 2024 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Plenary vote — Adopted
10 Apr 2024 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 19
Procedure completed

Amendments

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Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

27 Nov 2023 – 19 Dec 2023

Dates

Plenary votes

3 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	For96%	For99%	consistent
S&D	For99%	For98%	consistent
Renew	For97%	For97%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	For53%	For97%	consistent
The Left	For97%	For97%	consistent
ID	Abstained60%	Abstained65%	consistent
Non-attached	For80%	For78%	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.

17 Jan 2024Adopted
On amendment 16 — text to be inserted after recital 4
Official label: Après le considérant 4 - Am 16 · what was voted ↗
305 for218 against101 abstentions81 did not vote
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17 Jan 2024Main voteAdopted
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
550 for14 against64 abstentions77 did not vote
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Abst.
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10 Apr 2024Main voteAdopted
On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 19
Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 19 · what was voted ↗
575 for12 against38 abstentions80 did not vote
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Abst.
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