Speeding-up environmental assessments (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
Speeding-up environmental assessments
- Stage
- Trilogue, reached 24 Jun 2026
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Emma Wiesner (Renew)
- Lead DG
- DG ENV
- Commissioner
- Jessika Roswall
- Council configuration
- General Affairs Council
- Last activity
- 7 Sept 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 192; TFEU Art. 294
Where it stands
Latest: Deliberations in Council working party, 7 Sept 2026. Next: Deliberations in Council, 22 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 17 dates, 11 Dec 2025 to 12 Jun 2026
- 11 Dec 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 16 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council
- 9 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 19 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 9 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- Referred to committee
- 11 Feb 2026
- Decision on procedure
- 10 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 16 Mar 2026
- Appointment of rapporteur
- 20 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 30 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 17 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 22 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 22 May 2026
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report · Parliament committee
- 1 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 8 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 10 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 12 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 16 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 17 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 23 Jun 2026
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- 24 Jun 2026
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper · Council
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 1 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 6 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 14 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 7 Sept 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 22 Sept 2026Scheduled
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 1 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Adoption of draft report · provisional
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Emma Wiesner | Renew | SE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anja Arndt | ESN | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Annalisa Corrado | S&D | IT | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Beatrice Timgren | ECR | SE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Emma Fourreau | The Left | FR | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jutta Paulus | Greens/EFA | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Mathilde Androuët | PfE | FR | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Radan Kanev | EPP | BG | ENVI |
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Proposal · COM(2025)0984Commission · 10 Dec 2025
- Report · PE788.874Parliament
- Amendments · PE790.190Parliament
- Amendments · PE790.193Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThis regulation shortens the timeline for environmental impact assessments on industrial and construction projects to speed up approval processes. It aims to reduce bureaucratic delays while maintaining environmental standards. The file is at committee stage with rapporteur Emma Wiesner, led by DG ENV and Commissioner Jessika Roswall.
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