INSPIRE

INSPIRE Directive: Steps
INSPIRE DIRECTIVE
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) was published in the official Journal on the 25th April 2007. It entered into force on the 15th May 2007. Full Text of the directive The directive is available in the official languages. Official Journal of the European Union
The INSPIRE Proposal for a Directive was adopted by the Commission in July 2004. This was a major milestone for the use of Geographical Information in Europe as a contribution to environmental policy and sustainable development. It was the first step in a co-decision procedure that should lead to the formal adoption of the INSPIRE Directive, which then has to be implemented in every EU Member State.
Text adopted by the Commission Text adopted by the commission 23/07/2004 Full Text of the proposal CS DA DE EL EN ES ET FI FR HU IT LT LV MT NL PL PT SK SL SV
Text adopted by Parliament Text adopted by Parliament 07/06/2005
Council political agreement Council political agreement - recitals 07/07/2005 Council political agreement - articles 24/06/2005 Common position 23/01/2006
Communication from the Commission Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament on the proposed Parliament and Council amendments to INSPIRE 16/02/2006 Opinion of the Commission on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's Common Position 13/09/2006
Conciliation Process The formal conciliation process should begin on the 21st November 2006. It is hoped that an agreement will be reached on that day or very soon thereafter. Intensive informal discussions between the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the Commission are underway in order to prepare this. The final directive must be agreed upon and adopted by the Council and EP. The Commission's role at this stage in the negotations is to facilitate a compromise between the two. Following agreement at political level the text will go through a process of linguistic revision and so we could expect final adoption in spring 2007. Text of the agreement reached in conciliation between Parliament and Council. Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee (EN) 17/01/2007 This draft version is available in one language and is subject to legal linguistic verification. After this the text will be made available in all official languages.
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