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Amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 29 February 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 18 March 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 20 March 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 16 July 2025
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 October 2025
  6. ✓ Published as law 12 December 2025
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
MEP #197778 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
François KALFON S&DRachel BLOM PfEKris VAN DIJCK ECRValérie DEVAUX RenewKai TEGETHOFF Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0210/2025 7 October 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updating EU rules on harmonised river information services (RIS) for inland waterway transport. It sets out technical requirements, data-sharing rules and interoperability standards to improve safety, efficiency and digitalisation of inland navigation.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0033/2025 20 March 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updating EU rules on harmonised river information services (RIS) for inland waterways. It focuses RIS on TEN-T waterways, allows voluntary extension, and adds cross-border cooperation.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 19 December 2024 ✦ The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal to update the Directive on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways, focusing on interoperability, data sharing, and reducing administrative burden.

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The directive now requires member states to provide electronic navigational charts and network data for all TEN-T waterways and ports, and to keep the European RIS Platform updated. New definitions are added for TEN-T, ERDMS, and inland ports, while the definition of RIS Platform is moved and expanded to allow third-country contributions. The complaints procedure is strengthened with annual reporting, and the Commission must report on extending the scope to other TEN-T waterways. The directive adds provisions on satellite positioning and Earth observation, and clarifies data processing for personal data. The other changes are formal or wording: updated references to the TEN-T regulation, renumbering, and minor rephrasing. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 12 December 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 26 November 2025 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 7 October 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 7 October 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0210/2025📄 Report A10-0033/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 636 Against 10 Abstained 4

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:26 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. 1 October – 3 October 2025 54 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–53📄 Amendment 54
  7. Negotiations with the Council
  8. 16 July 2025 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

  9. 26 June 2025 Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  10. 2 April 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  11. Plenary stage
  12. 20 March 2025 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0033/2025
  13. Committee stage
  14. 18 March 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  15. 4 February 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (TRAN)
  16. 19 December 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  17. 29 February 2024 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.