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Amending Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488

Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.

Where it stands: Parliament gave its opinion on 17 December 2025. The Council takes the final decision.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 6 October 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 20 November 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 26 November 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 December 2025
  5. 5 Adopted by the Council
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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Borys BUDKA PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Christian EHLER PPEMatthias ECKE S&DMélanie DISDIER PfEOndřej KRUTÍLEK ECRMichael MCNAMARA RenewSergey LAGODINSKY Verts/ALEAnthony SMITH 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 TA10-0333/2025 17 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed Council regulation amending the EuroHPC Regulation to support AI Gigafactories and quantum technologies. It defines AI Gigafactories, sets funding, and adds a quantum pillar.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0241/2025 26 November 2025 ✦ Parliament approves the Commission proposal to amend the regulation establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, as amended. The amended regulation introduces AI Gigafactories and a quantum technologies pillar, increases funding, and sets rules for their operation.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Adds a definition for AI Gigafactory Coordinator with specific legal and control requirements. Clarifies that existing mechanisms cannot support AI Gigafactories, necessitating an amendment. The other changes are formal: added headings, signature lines, and corrected regulation numbering. 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. Plenary stage
  2. 17 December 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 17 December 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0333/2025📄 Report A10-0241/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 604 Against 37 Abstained 18

    Final vote at 12:27 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 12 December 2025 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendment 1
  4. 26 November 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0241/2025
  5. Committee stage
  6. 20 November 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 29 October 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ITRE)
  8. 6 October 2025 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.