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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union

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: In committee: ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) is preparing the report (draft published 3 March 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 September 2025
  2. 2 Committee work ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council
  6. 6 Published as law
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
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Elena DONAZZAN ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Angelika NIEBLER PPEGiorgio GORI S&DAndrás GYÜRK PfEChristophe GRUDLER RenewSergey LAGODINSKY Verts/ALEMarina MESURE The LeftSarah KNAFO ESN
For opinion
IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur François KALFON S&DENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur Pierfrancesco MARAN S&D

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

Committee draft · latest Draft report (ITRE) 3 March 2026 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's position on the proposed regulation on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union. It amends the Commission proposal to simplify authorisation, add light regimes for smaller operators, and align cybersecurity with the NIS2 Directive.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (IMCO),Opinion (ENVI),Opinion (IMCO)

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. Committee stage
  2. 14 April 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (9 batches)

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

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  3. 24 March 2026 IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (IMCO)
  4. 17 March 2026 ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ENVI)
  5. 3 March 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ITRE)
  6. 8 September 2025 Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) give an opinion.