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 Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

, and

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

. 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 The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to European Union (EU) policy. The JRC is ...

and the

Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), located in Geel, Belgium, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC). The IRMM promotes a common and relia ...

, 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 on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair is the French MEP Karima Delli of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. Research service The Committee is directly supported by ...

. The committee's current chair is Cristian Bușoi.

Energy policy

One major area of activity for the committee is energy policy, safety, and efficiency. They monitor compliance with the

Euratom Treaty The Euratom Treaty, officially the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, established the European Atomic Energy Community. It was signed on 25 March 1957 at the same time as the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commu ...

around nuclear waste disposal. The Paris Agreement and, more recently, the launch of the European Green Deal have put

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

and the energy transition center-stage. Policies to support clean technologies such as renewable energy or

hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...

have been advanced through the committee. 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 The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is the European Union's main legislative instrument aiming to promote the improvement of the energy performance of buildings within the European Union. It was inspired by the Kyoto Protocol whic ...

and the energy efficiency directive.

Regulations

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 A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

considered this regulation could damage

net neutrality Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of co ...

List of chairpersons

Committee Bureau

7th term

;Chair * Amalia Sartori (EPP; Italy): 2012–2014.

8th term

;Chair * Jerzy Buzek (EPP; Poland)

9th term

Elected on 10 July 2019. ;Chair * Adina-Ioana Vălean (EPP; Romania) ;1st Vice-Chair *

Zdzisław Krasnodębski Zdzisław Krasnodębski, alias ''Król'' (10 July 1904 in Wola Osowińska – 3 July 1980 in Toronto) was a Polish pilot and the founder and commander of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Early life and career After schooling in Siedlce, Łom ...

(ECR; Poland) ;2nd Vice-Chair *

Morten Petersen Morten Roald Petersen (born 27 May 1978) is a Danish retired football central defender who spent most of his career with Lyngby Boldklub. He has played several games for the Danish Under-21 and Under-19 national teams. Petersen began his pr ...

(RE, Denmark) ;3rd Vice-Chair *

Patrizia Toia Patrizia Toia (born 17 March 1950) is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament for North-West with Democratic Party, part of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Education * Graduate in politi ...

(S&D, Italy) ;4th Vice-Chair: * Lina Gálvez Muñoz (S&D, Spain)

References

External links

Official Homepage

Industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

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