4New EU laws·decision 4 of 9 on Tuesday, 8 July 2025
VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods
Committee report by Ľudovít Ódor · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · voted at 13:41
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
The draft law updates VAT rules for platforms and suppliers facilitating distance sales of imported goods, making them liable for import VAT if they do not use the import one-stop-shop (IOSS). Parliament adopted its position approving the Council draft, meaning it agrees with the proposed changes. Parliament calls on the Council to notify it if it intends to depart from the approved text and to consult again if it makes substantial amendments.
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 A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.