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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil[...]

RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

20.10.2025 - (09474/1/2025 - C10-0229/2025 - 2023/0232(COD)) - ***II

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Martin Hojsík

  • DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
  • SHORT JUSTIFICATION
  • ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT
  • PROCEDURE - COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

(09474/1/2025 - C10-0229/2025 - 2023/0232(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Council position at first reading (09474/1/2025 - C10-0229/2025),

- having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Netherlands Senate and the Netherlands House of Representatives asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

- having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 October 2023[1],

- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 19 June 2024[2],

- having regard to its position at first reading[3]on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0416),

- having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

- having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0204/2025),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.


SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.


ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register[4], or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.


PROCEDURE - COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

References

09474/1/2025 - C10-0229/2025 - 2023/0232(COD)

Date of Parliament's first reading - P number

10.4.2024 T9-0204/2024

Draft act considered at first reading

COM(2023)0416 - C9-0234/2023

Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary

9.10.2025

Committee(s) responsible

Date announced in plenary

ENVI

9.10.2025

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Martin Hojsík

22.10.2024

Discussed in committee

4.12.2024

16.1.2025

23.4.2025

Date adopted

20.10.2025

Result of final vote

+:

-:

0:

57

26

0

Members present for the final vote

Grégory Allione, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Anja Arndt, Thomas Bajada, Barbara Bonte, Stine Bosse, Delara Burkhardt, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Pascal Canfin, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Ivan David, Ondřej Dostál, Viktória Ferenc, Emma Fourreau, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Heléne Fritzon, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Martin Günther, Roman Haider, Esther Herranz García, Martin Hojsík, Pär Holmgren, Romana Jerković, Marc Jongen, Radan Kanev, Ondřej Knotek, Stefan Köhler, Ewa Kopacz, András Tivadar Kulja, Javi López, César Luena, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Alessandra Moretti, Rasmus Nordqvist, Jutta Paulus, Jessica Polfjärd, Massimiliano Salini, Oliver Schenk, Lena Schilling, Günther Sidl, Jonas Sjöstedt, Sander Smit, Susana Solís Pérez, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Zala Tomašič, Dimitris Tsiodras, Ana Vasconcelos, Aurelijus Veryga, Kristian Vigenin, Alexandr Vondra, Michal Wiezik, Tiemo Wölken

Substitutes present for the final vote

Li Andersson, Hildegard Bentele, Sergio Berlato, Per Clausen, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Nikolas Farantouris, Martin Häusling, Paolo Inselvini, Pierre Jouvet, Nora Junco García, Seán Kelly, Kateřina Konečná, Norbert Lins, Matteo Ricci, Kai Tegethoff, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Andrea Wechsler

Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote

Maravillas Abadía Jover, Lena Düpont, Gheorghe Falcă, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Christophe Grudler, Ľubica Karvašová, Jaroslav Knot, Camilla Laureti, Hermann Tertsch

Date tabled

20.10.2025

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

57

+

ECR

Sergio Berlato, Paolo Inselvini, Alexandr Vondra

PPE

Maravillas Abadía Jover, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Esther Herranz García, Radan Kanev, Seán Kelly, Ewa Kopacz, András Tivadar Kulja, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Massimiliano Salini, Susana Solís Pérez, Dimitris Tsiodras

PfE

Viktória Ferenc, Ondřej Knotek, Jaroslav Knot

Renew

Grégory Allione, Stine Bosse, Pascal Canfin, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Christophe Grudler, Martin Hojsík, Ľubica Karvašová, Ana Vasconcelos, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Michal Wiezik

S&D

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada, Delara Burkhardt, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Heléne Fritzon, Romana Jerković, Pierre Jouvet, Camilla Laureti, Javi López, César Luena, Alessandra Moretti, Matteo Ricci, Günther Sidl, Kristian Vigenin, Tiemo Wölken

The Left

Li Andersson, Per Clausen, Nikolas Farantouris, Emma Fourreau, Martin Günther, Jonas Sjöstedt

Verts/ALE

Martin Häusling, Pär Holmgren, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Rasmus Nordqvist, Jutta Paulus, Lena Schilling, Kai Tegethoff

26

-

ECR

Nora Junco García, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Aurelijus Veryga

ESN

Anja Arndt, Ivan David, Marc Jongen

NI

Ondřej Dostál, Kateřina Konečná

PPE

Hildegard Bentele, Lena Düpont, Gheorghe Falcă, Stefan Köhler, Norbert Lins, Jessica Polfjärd, Oliver Schenk, Sander Smit, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Zala Tomašič, Andrea Wechsler

PfE

Barbara Bonte, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Roman Haider, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch

0

0

Key to symbols:

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention

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