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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

10 November 2026

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Opening of the ITRE ordinary meeting and formal adoption of the agenda.

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Adoption of the agenda

01:21

Chair — opening of meeting and adoption of the agenda

01:21

Exchange of views with Deputy Director-General Mechthild Wörsdörfer on the delegated act establishing a common Union rating scheme for data centres

02:16

Chair — introduction of exchange of views and organisation of debate

02:16

Opening statements

04:21

Ms Mechthild Wörsdörfer — opening statement on the data centre energy efficiency package

04:21

Questions and debate with members

12:57

Ms Aura Salla (EPP) — questions on measuring actual sustainability performance

12:57

Mr Niels FUGLSANG (S&D) — support for label and questions on waste heat and flexibility

15:38

Mr Diego SOLIER (ECR) — distinctions between data centre types and geographical factors

18:23

Mr Christophe GRUDLER (Renew) — nuclear energy recognition and additionality rules

21:32

Ms Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA) — enforcement of reporting and criticism of nuclear in the label

24:07

Mr Per CLAUSEN (The Left) — call for limits on resource use and possible moratorium

26:24

Ms Mechthild Wörsdörfer — replies on waste heat, flexibility, nuclear and location

28:46

Intervenant 14 — clarification on colocation vs hyperscalers

36:59

Chair — organisation of follow-up round

37:05

Questions and debate with members (cont.)

38:01

Ms Aura Salla (EPP) — follow-up on low-emission sources and future legislation

38:01

Mr Diego SOLIER (ECR) — support for low-carbon recognition and opposition to moratorium

39:02

Mr Niels FUGLSANG (S&D) — concern about greenwashing via GOs and PPAs

40:28

Ms Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA) — benchmarks by data centre type and role of waste heat

41:29

Mr Per CLAUSEN (The Left) — siting incentives and non-EU data centres

43:16

Ms Mechthild Wörsdörfer — second-round replies on location, types and energy sourcing

44:19

Mr Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES (S&D) — concerns on speaking time, sovereignty and minimum performance standards

47:40

Ms Katri KULMUNI (Renew) — foreign dominance and transparency under Article 5(5)

50:30

Ms Sofie ERIKSSON (S&D) — making tech giants pay for new electricity demand

51:49

Ms Benedetta SCUDERI (Greens/EFA) — secrecy of data and need for stricter classes

53:11

Ms Mechthild WÖRSDÖRFER — reply on minimum standards and publication of data

54:44

Mission to India (21–25 September 2026) — Presentation and discussion

57:32

Mr Raffaele STANCANELLI (Patriots for Europe) — report on ITRE mission to New Delhi

57:32

Mr Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES (S&D) — assessment of India mission, CBAM and ETS concerns

01:02:42

Mission to ACER, Ljubljana (21–22 September 2026) — Presentation and discussion

01:04:25

Mr Jens GEIER (S&D) — report on ITRE mission to ACER in Ljubljana

01:04:25

Mission to ENISA, Athens (21–23 September 2026) — Presentation and discussion

01:08:00

Ms Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA) — report on ITRE mission to ENISA in Athens

01:08:00

Amending regulation — Critical Raw Materials Act — State of play of trilogues

01:12:00

Ms Elena DONAZZAN — report on first trilogue on the Critical Raw Materials Act revision

01:12:00

Exchange of views with BEREC leadership (annual hearing)

01:15:25

Opening statements

01:15:25

Ms Elena DONAZZAN — introduction of the annual exchange with BEREC leadership

01:15:25

Mr Marko Mišmaš and Dr Verena Weber — role and structure of BEREC and BEREC Office

01:17:05

Ms Alejandra de Iturriaga Gandini — BEREC work priorities for 2027

01:19:46

Mr Marko Mišmaš — BEREC assessment of the Digital Networks Act proposal

01:28:09

Dr Verena Weber — budgetary needs of BEREC and BEREC Office in the context of the DNA

01:31:19

Questions and debate with members

01:34:57

Ms Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA (EPP) — governance and numbering provisions in the Digital Networks Act

01:34:57

Mr Matthias ECKE (S&D) — market evolution, satellite connectivity and sovereignty

01:37:51

Ms Angelika NIEBLER (EPP) — questions on the Space Act and "Made in Europe"

01:40:37

Mr Marko Mišmaš (BEREC Chair) — response on DNA governance and numbering

01:42:34

Ms Alejandra de Iturriaga Gandini (BEREC Chair-elect) — response on copper switch-off and satellite connectivity

01:46:31

Mr Marko Mišmaš (BEREC Chair) — response on "Made in Europe" and low-risk suppliers

01:51:16

Ms Elena DONAZZAN (Chair) — link between Space Act, connectivity and cybersecurity; future work

01:53:38

Mr Przemysław Kordasiewicz (European Commission, DG CONNECT) — Commission remarks on DNA, BEREC and resources

01:55:19

Closure of the annual exchange with BEREC leadership

01:57:07

Presentation by ENISA of the Cybersecurity State of the Union report

02:01:15

Opening statements

02:01:15

Ms Elena DONAZZAN (Chair) — introduction of ENISA hearing on Cybersecurity State of the Union

02:01:15

Mr Juhan Lepassaar (ENISA) — presentation of the Cybersecurity State of the Union 2026

02:02:22

Questions and debate with members

02:13:20

Ms Elena DONAZZAN (Chair) — importance of cybersecurity debate and launch of Q&A

02:13:20

Ms Angelika NIEBLER (EPP) — questions on cross-border incident handling, AI risks and support for SMEs

02:13:53

Mr Reinier VAN LANSCHOT (Greens/EFA) — question on AI Act implementation and vulnerabilities

02:16:07

Ms Elena DONAZZAN (Chair) — questions on Space Act, NIS 2 and skills gap

02:16:54

Mr Juhan Lepassaar (ENISA) — replies on smart fridge incidents, AI-enabled threats, horizontal cyber rules and skills

02:19:13

Mr Bruno GONÇALVES (S&D) — questions on hybrid disruptions and EU cyber resilience

02:33:37

Mr Juhan Lepassaar (ENISA) — replies on secure-by-design, legislative gaps and cyber reserve

02:35:35

Ms Elena DONAZZAN (Chair) — closure of ENISA hearing and morning sitting

02:43:55

Shadow meeting on renewal of rights expiring in 2027

03:18:58

Opening statements

03:18:58

Intervenant inconnu — introduction to shadow meeting and state of negotiations

03:18:58

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

10 November 2026

ITRE Tue, 10 Nov 2026 European Parliament

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01:21 - 01:48

Speaker 1

Good morning, colleague. Please take your seats, it's 9:30 and we can start in time. So, welcome everyone. We can start with the agenda. We have a very lively commission committee today, so we have to also take into account them the time.

01:48 - 03:25

Speaker 2

The first item is the adoption of the agenda. If there are no comments, the agenda can be adopted. So, we go immediately to the item two. First, some announcements. As usual, today's meeting is web-streamed.

Interpretation will be available in 23 languages. Now, we go on with the exchange of views with Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission, on Commission Delegated Act as regards the establishment of a common Union rating scheme for data centres. And I would like to welcome Ms Mechthild Wörsdörfer. I hoped, okay, the good pronunciation for their surname. So Deputy Director-General, as I said, to this exchange of views.

Thank you very much for accepting our invitation. The Commission proposed a common rating scheme for data centres on 21st September 2026, which aims to make the energy and water use of data centres more transparent, in the form of a delegated act that is currently under scrutiny in the Parliament. The deadline for adopting an objection to this delegated act is during the January 2027 plenary session.

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