3New EU laws·decision 3 of 19 on Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances
Committee report by Pierfrancesco Maran · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted 13:23–13:24
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
The proposal concerns a decision amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 so that allowances in the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) would no longer be invalidated. Parliament adopted its position at first reading on this law, which means MEPs have set out where they stand and will need to agree with the Council before the law is final. The committee report leaves the Commission's proposal unchanged, but its explanatory statement says this is not a substantive position and that a definitive view would be premature before the wider ETS review expected in mid-July 2026. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the proposal is replaced or substantially amended, and instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and national parliaments.
How the vote unfolded · 11 ballots
A proposal to reject the whole text was defeated first. Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 amendments (2 adopted, 1 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 1 lapsed). Procedural motion adopted: Referral back to committee.
Roll calls requested by Verts/ALE, PfE · separate votes by PfE.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 11 ballots in voting order
1.Proposal to reject the textProposal for rejection
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
2.Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votesAmendments by the committee responsible – separate votes
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
3.Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votesAmendments by the committee responsible – separate votes
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
4.Amendments by the committee responsible — separate votesAmendments by the committee responsible – separate votes
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
5.Amendment 413:23A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 4A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Adopted
6.Amendment 513:23A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate votes – Am 5A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE
Adopted
7.Amendment 6, adding text after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/181413:23A10-0230/2026 – Pierfrancesco Maran – after Article 1; Decision (EU) 2015/1814 – Article 1 – § 5 a – Am 6A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. requested by PfE, Verts/ALE
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.