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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2023)0584 – C90385/2023 – 2023/0356(COD))

On the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/2/EC as regards certain reporting requirements for infrastructures for spatial information

ENVI-PR-757105

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Rapporteur: Ivan Vilibor Sinčić

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The rapporteur's draft report on a Commission proposal to amend Directive 2007/2/EC on reporting for spatial information infrastructures. It adopts Parliament's first-reading position taking over the Commission proposal, under which member states report every two years instead of annually. From 31 March 2025, member states update a summary report every two years, by 31 March, made available to the public. The rapporteur states the change does not reduce monitoring or data collection. The rapporteur says the streamlining falls under the targeted category of reducing EU administration by 25% and raises no objections to the amendment.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt its first-reading position taking over the Commission proposal, which moves member states' reporting from annual to every two years and requires a public summary report updated every two years by 31 March from 31 March 2025.

Key points

  1. Parliament adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal to amend Directive 2007/2/EC on reporting requirements for spatial information infrastructures.
  2. Member states would report to the Commission every two years instead of annually on specific reporting requirements relating to spatial information infrastructure in the environmental field.
  3. The rapporteur states the amendment does not reduce monitoring or data collection by member states.
  4. From 31 March 2025, member states would update a summary report every two years, no later than 31 March, made available to the public.
  5. The rapporteur states the streamlining falls under the targeted category of reducing EU administration by 25%.
  6. The changes concern information such as utility networks and the location of production and industrial facilities; the rapporteur raises no objections.
  7. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the Commission replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.

Who is affected

  • Member states: they would report every two years instead of annually and update a public summary report by 31 March.
  • The Commission: it would receive the reports and must refer the matter to Parliament again if it substantially amends its proposal.
  • The public: the summary report would be made available to them.

Figures and deadlines

  • Every two years: frequency of member states' reporting to the Commission instead of annually.
  • 31 March 2025: date from which member states update a summary report every two years.
  • 31 March: deadline by which the summary report is updated.
  • 25%: targeted reduction of EU administration under which the streamlining falls.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.