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Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS)

Document TA-10-2025-0210 · P10_TA(2025)0210 · PE766.881

Kind: Adopted text TA-10-2025-0210
Date: 7 October 2025
Dossier: 2024/0011(COD)

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Voted: 7 Oct 2025 (adopted text) Passed 636 for, 10 against, 4 abstained
Formats: Official page PDF Word
Subject matter: TRAN, RDT, MARI

Voted: 7 Oct 2025 (adopted text) Passed 636 for, 10 against, 4 abstained
Formats: Official page PDF Word
Subject matter: TRAN, RDT, MARI

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive updating EU rules on harmonised river information services (RIS) for inland waterway transport. It sets out technical requirements, data-sharing rules and interoperability standards to improve safety, efficiency and digitalisation of inland navigation.

Key points

Requires member states to apply RIS in accordance with technical specifications and ensure interoperability of systems.
Mandates the Commission to adopt delegated acts to update technical specifications and standards.
Obliges member states to ensure that RIS data is made available to users without discrimination and in a timely manner.
Calls for the establishment of a single European RIS contact point to facilitate cross-border data exchange.
Requires the Commission to report on the implementation of the directive and assess the need for further harmonisation.

Who is affected

Inland waterway transport operators, authorities managing waterways, and users of river information services across EU member states.

Legal basis. Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Committee on Transport and Tourism

European Parliament legislative resolution of 7 October 2025 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (COM(2024)0033 – C9-0014/2024 – 2024/0011(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2024)0033),

–having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90014/2024),

–having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 24 April 2024,

–after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 9 July 2025 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 60 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0033/2025),

1.Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2.Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

P10_TC1-COD(2024)0011

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 October 2025 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2025/2482.)

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0210
Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website
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Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS)”. Text, 7 October 2025. docId TA-10-2025-0210, reference TA10-0210/2025. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0210 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0210_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/TA-10-2025-0210 (CC BY 4.0).

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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0210}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-10-2025-0210},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. docId TA-10-2025-0210, reference TA10-0210/2025. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0210\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
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