Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0265(CNS)
Establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948
Consultation procedure (CNS): Parliament gives an opinion; the Council decides. · Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion. · First reading
Parliament is consulted: it gives an opinion and can propose amendments, but the Council takes the decision and need not follow them.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its opinion on 16 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.
- Referred to committee(done) 12 November 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 6 July 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 September 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
16 September 2026 · decision 5
Energy, New EU law
Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034
Passed 600 for · 21 against · 48 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The proposal sets up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, replacing two existing Euratom regulations and merging nuclear safety cooperation with the decommissioning of the Commission's Joint Research Centre nuclear sites.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Sophie Wilmès (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Matej Tonin (EPP), Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D), Paolo Borchia (Patriots), Kris van Dijck (ECR), Jutta Paulus (Greens), Marcin Sypniewski (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of a proposed Council regulation sets up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, replacing two earlier Euratom regulations.
Adopted by Parliament
Tabled for plenary· 6 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of a proposed Council regulation sets up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, replacing two Euratom regulations. It merges external nuclear safety cooperation with partner countries and internal decommissioning of the Commission's Joint Research Centre nuclear sites into one instrument.
Committee draft· 16 Mar 2026
AI summary:The rapporteur's draft report approves the Commission proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for 2028-2034, which merges the current Euratom nuclear safety and decommissioning instruments into one with an external and an internal component.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG), Opinion (BUDG)
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
16 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0030/0026Adopted text TA10-0300/2026Report A10-0196/2026
11 September 2026
1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
6 July 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
24 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 June 2026
BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
26 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
16 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
12 November 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0265(CNS)