Procedure

Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed

2024/0027(COD)·10th term·AGRI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed

Subjects: Marketing and trade of agricultural products and livestock · Fodder plants

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VRECIONOVÁ Veronika (ECR)

Summary

A proposed regulation granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed production. The amendments recall earlier Commission audits of seed certification in Moldova and Ukraine, note these audits date from 2015-2016 and may be outdated, call for strengthened cooperation, external supervision of accredited laboratories, periodic review of the equivalence, and rules on contamination and competition; several amendments reject the Commission proposal.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Feb 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
3 Apr 2025 · On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
Plenary vote — Adopted
22 May 2025 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Procedure completed

Amendments

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Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

10 Feb 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

5 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%	For85%	consistent
S&D	For100%	For94%	consistent
Renew	For100%	For100%	consistent
Greens/EFA	For100%	For100%	consistent
ECR	Against65%	Abstained41%	Against → Abstained
The Left	For76%	For53%	consistent
Patriots	Against99%	Against99%	consistent
ESN	Against96%	Against88%	consistent
Non-attached	Against73%	Against78%	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 2 earlier votes
1. 3 Apr 2025Main voteAdopted
  On a decision to open negotiations with the Council on the text
  Official label: Décision d'engager des négociations interinstitutionnelles · what was voted ↗
  411 for191 against13 abstentions103 did not vote
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2. 22 May 2025Rejected
  On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 3
  Official label: Rejet - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  180 for367 against43 abstentions129 did not vote
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22 May 2025Rejected
On amendment 4 — text to be inserted after recital 11
Official label: Après le considérant 11 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
181 for396 against4 abstentions138 did not vote
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22 May 2025Rejected
On amendment 5 — text to be inserted after recital 11
Official label: Après le considérant 11 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
177 for400 against7 abstentions135 did not vote
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22 May 2025Main voteAdopted
On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
374 for176 against36 abstentions133 did not vote
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