Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

The Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy is responsible for:

  • 1. 
    The Union's industrial policy and the application of new technologies, including measures relating to SMEs
  • 2. 
    The Union's research policy, including the dissemination and exploitation of research findings
  • 3. 
    Space policy
  • 4. 
    The activities of the Joint Research Centre and the Central Office for Nuclear Measurements, as well as JET, ITER and other projects in the same area
  • 5. 
    Community measures relating to energy policy in general, the security of energy supply and energy efficiency including the establishment and development of trans-European networks in the energy infrastructure sector
  • 6. 
    The Euratom Treaty and Euratom Supply Agency; nuclear safety, decommissioning and waste disposal in the nuclear sector
  • 7. 
    The information society and information technology, including the establishment and development of trans-European networks in the telecommunication infrastructure sector