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ARTICLE · 09 JULY 2025

The EU Space Act: Une Révolution

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The EU Space Act is a draft legislative proposal for harmonizing space activity regulation and is intended to extend extra-jurisdictionally to operators beyond the EU's borders.

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  • The EU Space Act is a draft legislative proposal for harmonizing space activity regulation and is intended to extend extra-jurisdictionally to operators beyond the EU's borders.
  • The European Parliament and Council may next debate, reconcile, and approve the Act, but this is not mandatory.
  • Some requirements may raise concerns about the Act's adherence to the principle of proportionality.

Publication and Path Forward

The EU Space Act is a "proposal for regulation" put forward by the European Commission. The Commission is the EU body that holds legislative initiative, or the power to make proposals for legislation.1

The Commission presented the draft Act to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, the two co-legislative bodies of the EU. The presentation, and potential subsequent action of the Council and Parliament, is pursuant to Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which sets out

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