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Digital Product Passport
A recurring EU initiative to introduce digital product passports giving consumers and authorities information about goods.
3 subjects in 3 sittings · 3 adopted, 0 rejected · Sept 2025 – Jun 2026
New laws 2Resolutions 1
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- Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. The European Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law setting circularity requirements for vehicle design and managing end-of-life vehicles. The law aims to support the automotive sector's shift to a circular economy by promoting recycled materials and improving how vehicles are scrapped. Parliament's position includes amendments to clarify rules, cut red tape, and align with other EU laws, while keeping targets realistic for industry. The position now goes to the Council for negotiation before the law can be finalized.
Economy & single marketTransport & tourismClimate & environment
18 Jun 2026 · New laws · report by Jens Gieseke, Paulius Saudargas · 1st reading · 12 ballots · voted 13:15 · A-10-2025-0158 · 2023/0284
Adopted 437–112–20 · by a large majority - A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted a resolution urging the Commission to revise the EU's product safety rules, known as the New Legislative Framework, to better address digital and sustainability challenges. The text calls for a mandatory digital product passport for all goods, including second-hand items, to give consumers and authorities clearer information. It also asks for harmonised definitions for refurbishers and repairers, and for non-EU online sellers to appoint a responsible person in the EU.
Digital, AI & dataEconomy & single market
21 Oct 2025 · Resolutions · report by David Cormand · voted 13:33 · A-10-2025-0189 · 2024/2119
- Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
Written by an AI from the text voted on. The outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law setting circularity requirements for vehicle design and rules for managing end-of-life vehicles. The law aims to boost recycling of materials like steel and plastic, improve how old vehicles are handled, and align rules across member states. Parliament's position now goes to the Council for negotiation before the law can be finalized.
Economy & single marketTransport & tourismClimate & environment
9 Sept 2025 · New laws · report by Jens Gieseke, Paulius Saudargas · 1st reading · 67 ballots · voted 13:41 · A-10-2025-0158 · 2023/0284
Adopted 431–145–76 · by a large majority
Dossiers involved · latest vote first
- 2023/0284 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles 18 Jun 2026 · 2 votes
- 2024/2119 A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition 21 Oct 2025 · 1 vote
Who backs what
How each group's majority voted on the 3 most recent final A vote in which every MEP’s individual position is recorded and published. votes about Digital Product Passport.
With the result = share of these votes where the group's position matched the outcome (For an adopted text, Against a rejected one). The other columns count the votes by the group's position; Split = no position had a majority among its members. Non-attached members have no group line.
| Group | With the result | For | Against | Abstained | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | 67 % | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | 67 % | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | 100 % | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | 100 % | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | 100 % | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | 100 % | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | 0 % | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 | 0 % | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The latest final votes, group by group
Each group's majority position: For, Against, Abstained, or Split. — = the group did not vote.
| Decision | Left · democratic socialism, communism. Founded 1995 (as GUE; “The Left” since 2021) | Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 | Centre-left · social democracy. Founded 1953 (as Socialist Group; S&D since 2009) | Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism. Founded 2019 (successor of ALDE, 1976) | Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism. Founded 1953 (as Christian Democratic Group) | Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical. Founded 2009 | Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism. Founded July 2024 | Far-right · ultranationalism. Founded July 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles 18 Jun 2026 · adopted | For | For | For | For | For | For | Against | Against |
| A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition 21 Oct 2025 · adopted | For | For | For | For | For | For | Abstained | Against |
| Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles 9 Sept 2025 · adopted | Against | Abstained | For | For | For | For | Against | Against |
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