Amending Directive 2007/2/EC as regards simplification of certain requirements for the establishment of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information 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: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 6 October 2026. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 February 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 10 September 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 September 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 6 October 2026
- 5 Negotiations with the Council
- 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
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- Rapporteur
- Emma YTTERELL Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Radan KANEV PPEAnnalisa CORRADO S&DMathilde ANDROUËT PfEBeatrice TIMGREN ECRJutta PAULUS Verts/ALEValentina PALMISANO The LeftAnja ARNDT ESN
- For opinion
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Parliament adds a new Article 7 requiring open, documented, vendor-neutral and geospatial standards for spatial data provision. Article 11 now requires member states to make spatial data sets available and accessible under Directive (EU) 2019/1024, and deletes paragraphs 2 and 3. Article 17 now requires member states to ensure public authorities can access and exchange spatial data for public tasks that may affect the environment. The other changes are formal: a citation is updated and punctuation corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds recitals on environmental data quality and administrative burden, and changes how third parties and public authorities may link spatial data sets to services. It deletes Article 3 points 5 and 8, Articles 6, 9 and 10, and replaces Article 7 with requirements for open, documented and vendor-neutral standards. It adds an exception allowing member states to limit public access for international relations, public security, national defence or public order, and narrows Article 17(1) to data necessary for public tasks that may impact the environment. The other changes are formal: a corrected directive reference and fixed 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
- Plenary stage
- 6 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 515 Against 108 Abstained 35
Final vote at 13:42 · 78% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 4 ballots in voting order
1. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectivelyAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Amendment 24 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 6 13:42 A10-0233/2026 – Emma Wiesner – Article 1, § 1, after point 6 – Am 24RejectedAdopted4. Referral back to committee Request for referral backAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 29 September – 30 September 2026 24 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 15 September 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 10 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 11 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.
- 5 May 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 9 February 2026 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.