Acceleration of permit-granting procedures
Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures
- Stage
- Trilogue, reached 26 Jun 2026
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Niels Fuglsang (S&D)
- Lead DG
- DG ENER
- Commissioner
- Dan Jørgensen
- Last activity
- 15 Jul 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 192; TFEU Art. 194; TFEU Art. 294
Where it stands
Latest: Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting, 10 Sept 2026. Next: Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting, 18 Sept 2026 (provisional).
ShowHide the earlier record: 20 dates, 11 Dec 2025 to 18 Jun 2026
- 11 Dec 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 13 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 22 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Feb 2026
- Decision on procedure
- 12 Feb 2026
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary) · Parliament
- Referred to committee
- 17 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 4 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 11 Mar 2026
- Appointment of rapporteur
- 16 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council
- 24 Mar 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 16 Apr 2026
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report · Parliament committee
- 27 Apr 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 7 May 2026
- Deadline for tabling amendments
- 12 May 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 20 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 27 May 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 9 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 15 Jun 2026
- Committee opinion adopted
- 17 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 18 Jun 2026
- Final opinion sent
- 26 Jun 2026
- General approach by the Council · Council
- 2 Jul 2026
- Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee report adopted
- 3 Jul 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- Tabled for plenary
- 8 Jul 2026
- Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations · Parliament, plenary
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
- 14 Jul 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- Meeting · provisional
- 15 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 2 Sept 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 10 Sept 2026
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 18 Sept 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 21 Sept 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 1 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 9 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 13 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Trilogue (1st reading) · provisional
- 23 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 29 Oct 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 4 Nov 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 11 Nov 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Inter-institutional technical meeting · provisional
- 17 Nov 2026Scheduled
- Meeting — Trilogue (1st reading) · provisional
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Niels Fuglsang | S&D | DK | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Andrea Wechsler | EPP | DE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Stürgkh | Renew | AT | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jana Nagyová | PfE | CZ | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Michael Bloss | Greens/EFA | DE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Ondřej Krutílek | ECR | CZ | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Rudi Kennes | The Left | BE | ITRE |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Rasmus Nordqvist | Greens/EFA | DK | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Anja Arndt | ESN | DE | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Claudiu-Richard Târziu | ECR | RO | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Jeannette Baljeu | Renew | NL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Sakis Arnaoutoglou | S&D | EL | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Viktória Ferenc | PfE | HU | |
| Shadow rapporteur for opinion | Virgil-Daniel Popescu | EPP | RO |
Amendments
Tabled between 8 May 2026 and 27 May 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ITRE717
- ENVI195
By author
- Andrea Wechsler118
- Eva Maydell101
- Virgil-Daniel Popescu97
- Hildegard Bentele77
- Michael Bloss · Verts/ALE71
- Martin Hojsík70
- Aleksandar Nikolic69
- Julie Rechagneux69
- Jana Nagyová66
- Ondřej Knotek66
ShowHide 20 more authors
- Tomáš Kubín45
- Bart Groothuis44
- Isabella Tovaglieri44
- Paolo Borchia44
- Raffaele Stancanelli44
- Rudi Kennes44
- Aura Salla42
- Bruno Tobback41
- András Gyürk39
- Brigitte van den Berg38
- Sakis Arnaoutoglou38
- Ondřej Krutílek37
- Sigrid Friis36
- Christophe Grudler35
- Barry Andrews34
- Letizia Moratti34
- Massimiliano Salini34
- Morten Løkkegaard34
- Anna Stürgkh32
- Mélanie Disdier32
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1108
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 992
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1069
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 368
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 350
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b34
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 133
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 228
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b19
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b19
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c15
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b15
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c10
- Recital 510
- Recital 610
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b9
- Recital 109
- Recital 119
- Recital 139
- Recital 238
- Recital 78
- Recital 88
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b7
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
- Recital 147
- Recital 257
- Recital 37
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a6
- Article 2 – paragraph -1 a (new)6
- Recital 46
Covers 693 of the 912 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Proposal · COM(2025)1007Commission · 10 Dec 2025
- Report · A10-0195/2026Parliament
- Report · PE785.274Parliament
- Amendments · PE785.338Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE786.680Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.832Parliament
- Amendments · PE788.845Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
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Summary
GeneratedThis file amends Directives (EU) 2018/2001, 2019/944, and 2024/1788 to speed up permit-granting and reduce administrative formalities for electricity and renewable energy projects. It supports EU carbon neutrality goals by enabling faster rollout of green energy supplies. The European Parliament has adopted its position, with the ITRE committee examining the measure.
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