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6 New EU laws ·decision 6 of 16 on Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Standard essential patents

Committee report · · voted at 12:59

Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.

Adopted by a large majority 454 for · 83 against · 78 abstained (74 % in favour)
The vote✦ In shortFull textProcedure

What Parliament decided

Adopted Passed by a large majority

Parliament adopted its position on the law.

For 454 Against 83 Abstained 78

Final vote at 12:59 · 74% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

Who backed it
  • The Left ✓
  • Verts/ALE ✓
  • S&D ✓
  • Renew ✓
  • PPE ✓
  • ECR ✓
  • PfE ✓
  • ESN –
  • NI ✓

Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.

How the vote unfolded · 91 ballots

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 83 parts of the text voted on separately (29 adopted, 42 rejected, 12 lapsed).

separate votes by ECR, ID.

adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

All 91 ballots in voting order
1. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
2. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
3. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
4. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
5. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
6. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
7. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
8. Separate vote on Article 1, after paragraph 1
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Rejected
9. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
10. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
11. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 3
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
12. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 3
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
13. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
14. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
15. Separate vote on Article 1, paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
16. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 2, point f
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
17. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 2, point f
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
18. Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 4, point b
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
19. Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 4, point c
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
20. Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 4, point c
— no individual positions recorded
21. Separate vote on Article 4, paragraph 4, point g
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
22. Separate vote on Article 5, paragraph 2, point f
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
23. Separate vote on Article 5, paragraph 2, point h
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
24. Separate vote on Article 5, paragraph 2, point j
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
25. Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 1, point b
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
26. Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 1, point b
— no individual positions recorded
27. Separate vote on Article 9, paragraph 1, point c
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
28. Separate vote on Article 9, paragraph 1, point e
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
29. Separate vote on Article 13, paragraph 2, point a
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
30. Separate vote on Article 15
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
31. Separate vote on Article 15
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
32. Separate vote on Article 16
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
33. Separate vote on Article 17
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
34. Separate vote on Article 17
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
35. Separate vote on Article 18, paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
36. Separate vote on Article 18, paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
37. Separate vote on Article 25, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
38. Separate vote on Article 26, paragraph 1
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
39. Separate vote on Article 26, paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
40. Separate vote on Article 26, paragraph 5, point b
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
41. Separate vote on Article 28
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
42. Separate vote on Article 28
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
43. Separate vote on Article 29
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
44. Separate vote on Article 29
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
45. Separate vote on Article 31
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
46. Separate vote on Article 31
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
47. Separate vote on Article 32
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
48. Separate vote on Article 32
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
49. Separate vote on Article 33
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
50. Separate vote on Article 47, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
51. Separate vote on Article 47, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
52. Separate vote on Article 64, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
53. Separate vote on Article 66
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
54. Separate vote on Article 66, paragraph 1
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
55. Separate vote on Article 66, paragraph 1
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
56. Separate vote on Article 66, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
57. Separate vote on Article 66, paragraph 3
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
58. Separate vote on Article 66, paragraph 4
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
59. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
60. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
61. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 2
— no individual positions recorded
62. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 3
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
63. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 3
— no individual positions recorded
64. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 3
— no individual positions recorded
65. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
66. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
67. Separate vote on Article 67, paragraph 6
— no individual positions recorded
68. Separate vote on Article 70, after paragraph 1
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
69. Vote on text inserted after recital 1
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
70. Separate vote on recital 2
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
71. Separate vote on recital 13
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
72. Separate vote on recital 13
— no individual positions recorded
73. Separate vote on recital 14
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
74. Separate vote on recital 14
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
75. Separate vote on recital 24
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
76. Separate vote on recital 24
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
77. Separate vote on recital 25
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
78. Separate vote on recital 26
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
79. Separate vote on recital 26
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
80. Separate vote on recital 27
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
81. Separate vote on recital 27
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
82. Separate vote on recital 28
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
83. Separate vote on recital 29
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
84. Separate vote on recital 29
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
85. Separate vote on recital 30
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
Adopted
86. Separate vote on recital 46
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
87. Separate vote on recital 46
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
88. Separate vote on recital 47
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
89. Separate vote on recital 47
— no individual positions recorded
Adopted
90. Separate vote on recital 48
— no individual positions recorded
Rejected
91. Final vote 12:59 Brevets essentiels liés à une norme - Standard essential patents - Standardessenzielle Patente - A9-0016/2024 - Marion Walsmann - Proposition de la Commission
Adopted

Part of the sitting of Wednesday, 28 February 2024. The vote was taken on Report A-9-2024-0016 in procedure 2023/0133.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).

Codes in ballot labels

  • Am 27 — amendment 27
  • § 5 — paragraph 5
  • § 5/2, part 2 — a , taken in parts
  • Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
  • ***I — ; *** — ; * —
  • Lapsed —
  • A10-… — committee report; B10-… — motion
  • RC-B10-… — joint motion of several groups

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