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European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information technology, and telecommunications. It also coordinates European space policy and therefore has ties with the European Space Agency. It has oversight duties in relation to the Joint Research Centre and the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, as well as similar projects. In the past, the ITRE committee also dealt with transport matters. However this policy field has been transferred over to a dedicated Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The committee's current chair is Borys Budka.[1]

Energy policy

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One major area of activity for the committee is energy policy, safety, and efficiency. They monitor compliance with the Euratom Treaty around nuclear waste disposal. The Paris Agreement and, more recently, the launch of the European Green Deal have put climate change and the energy transition center-stage. Policies to support clean technologies such as renewable energy or hydrogen have been advanced through the committee.[2]

In 2022, the committee will be in charge of negotiating the European Commission's proposal for on the directive on the energy performance of buildings and the energy efficiency directive.

Regulations

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As of March 2014 ITRE committee is the lead charge for regulations dealing with "European single market for electronic communications". The proposals were put forward by Neelie Kroes. A collective of NGOs considered this regulation could damage net neutrality.[3][4]

List of chairpersons

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Name Term Political Party Country
  Herbert Reul 2009–2012 European People's Party Germany Germany
  Amalia Sartori 2012–2014 European People's Party Italy Italy
  Jerzy Buzek 2014–2019 European People's Party Poland Poland
  Adina-Ioana Vălean 2019 European People's Party Romania Romania
  Cristian Bușoi 2019–2024 European People's Party
  Borys Budka 2024– European People's Party Poland Poland

Committee Bureau

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7th term

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Chair

8th term

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Chair

9th term

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Elected on 10 July 2019.[5]

Chair
1st Vice-Chair
2nd Vice-Chair
3rd Vice-Chair
4th Vice-Chair

References

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  1. ^ "Members | Home | ITRE | Committees | European Parliament".
  2. ^ "Decarbonisation of the energy system | Hearings | Events | ITRE | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  3. ^ "Save the internet". Various NGOs. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. ^ "laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent, and amending Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/22/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1211/2009 and (EU) No 531/2012". Euporean Parliament. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Parliament's committees elect chairs and vice-chairs". European Parliament. 10 July 2019.
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