6New EU laws·decision 6 of 11 on Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Protection of adults: jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation
Committee report by Jana Toom · Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council. · voted at 13:27
Parliament’s position on proposed laws. It usually needs to agree with the Council before a law is final.
The draft regulation sets out European Union rules on which country's authorities handle, and which law applies to, protection measures for adults and their representatives in cross-border situations. Parliament adopted the text as its official position at first reading, which carries political weight but does not create law. The report aims to bring the framework of the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults into EU law for legal clarity, aligned with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and centred on personal autonomy. 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 the national parliaments.
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.