COM/2025/504 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications

Proposed Replacement EU Act

Proposed EU Act: COM/2025/504 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications [EXTERNAL LINK]

Date of Notification to DSC: 29 May 2025

Date proposal was first published: 21 May 2025

Status: Proposed Replacement EU Act

Departmental assessments of impact (updated as published):

Department for the Economy assessment of impact on the proposed act - 22 July 2025 [PDF, 5 pages, 165KB]

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the proposed EU act - 18 June 2025 [PDF, 8 pages, 232KB]

Evidence received (updated as received):

Copy of correspondence from the House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee to the UK Government – 17 July 2025

DSC Decisions (updated as published): 

At its meeting of 11 September 2025 the Committee decided to monitor the progress of the proposed replacement act and publish any interim reports it considers appropriate, pursuant to paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 6B to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Relevant Official Report (Hansard) transcript: