Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Directive)
Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)
- Stage
- In force, reached 26 Nov 2025
- In force
- In force since 16 Dec 2025 · CELEX 32025L2360
- Transposition deadline
- 17 Dec 2028
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Martin Hojsík (Renew)
- Lead DG
- DG ENV
- Commissioner
- Virginijus Sinkevičius
- Council configuration
- Environment Council
- Last activity
- 26 Nov 2025
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 192; TFEU_2016 Art. 192(1); TFEU_2016 Art. 294
Where it stands
Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 26 Nov 2025.
ShowHide the earlier record: 35 dates, 16 Mar 2022 to 17 Jul 2025
- 16 Mar 2022
- Call for evidence closed: Soil Health Law – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils, 189 responses · Commission
- 24 Oct 2022
- Public consultation closed: Soil Health Law – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils, 5801 responses · Commission
- 5 Jul 2023
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 7 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Oct 2023
- Referred to committee
- 24 Oct 2023
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 26 Oct 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 3 Nov 2023
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Soil Health Law – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils, 205 responses · Commission
- 10 Nov 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Nov 2023
- Committee opinion tabled
- 27 Nov 2023
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 29 Nov 2023
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 8 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Feb 2024
- Committee opinion adopted
- 11 Mar 2024
- Committee report adopted
- 20 Mar 2024
- Tabled for plenary
- 10 Apr 2024
- EP position at first reading
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Plenary vote
- 10 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 17 Jun 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- General approach by the Council
- 4 Jul 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Jul 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Oct 2024
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 13 Nov 2024
- Referred to committee
- 11 Dec 2024
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 12 Dec 2024
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 18 Dec 2024
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 2 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 9 Apr 2025
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 16 Apr 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 21 May 2025
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
- 4 Jun 2025
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
- 17 Jul 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 29 Sept 2025
- Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
- 30 Sept 2025
- Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading
- 9 Oct 2025
- Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
- Referred to committee
- 14 Oct 2025
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft recommendation for second reading
- 20 Oct 2025
- Committee report adopted
- Tabled for plenary
- 23 Oct 2025
- Approval of the Council’s first reading position by the EP (adoption of the legislative act)
- Plenary vote
- Plenary approved the Council position
- 12 Nov 2025
- Signed
- 26 Nov 2025
- Published in the Official Journal
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Martin Hojsík | Renew | SK | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anja Arndt | ESN | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Zalewska | ECR | PL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Annalisa Corrado | S&D | IT | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Barbara Bonte | PfE | BE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Carola Rackete | The Left | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Martin Häusling | Greens/EFA | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Oliver Schenk | EPP | DE | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Maria Noichl | S&D | DE | AGRI |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Bert-Jan Ruissen | ECR | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Elsi Katainen | Renew | FI | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | José Manuel Fernandes | EPP | PT | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Petros Kokkalis | The Left | EL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Sarah Wiener | Greens/EFA | AT |
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A10-0204/2025Parliament · 20 Oct 2025
- Text adopted · T10-0251/2025Parliament · 20 Oct 2025
- Proposal · COM(2025)0596Commission · 29 Jul 2024
- Report · PE778.280Parliament · 10 Apr 2024
- Text adopted · T9-0204/2024Parliament · 20 Mar 2024
- Report · A9-0138/2024Parliament · 11 Mar 2024
- Committee opinion · PE754.669Parliament · 29 Nov 2023
- Amendments · PE756.994Parliament · 27 Nov 2023
- Amendments · PE757.024Parliament · 27 Nov 2023
- Amendments · PE757.025Parliament · 27 Nov 2023
- Report · PE754.698Parliament · 24 Oct 2023
- Amendments · PE756.296Parliament · 24 Oct 2023
- Proposal · PE756.20713 Oct 2023
- Proposal · COM(2023)0416Commission · 5 Jul 2023
- Text adopted · Directive 2025/2360Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 26.11.2025Commission
- Proposal · PE756.207Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2024)377Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2023 | 6,195 |
Summary
GeneratedThe Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive establishes a mandatory EU framework for monitoring soil health and resilience to prevent degradation and pollution. It integrates space-based data with environmental standards, empowering policy professionals to track resource conservation and enforce stricter land-use controls.
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