E.U. Space Act Update

On December 5, 2025, text of an updated European Union Space Act was released by the Danish in their role as President of the Council of the European Union.

The updated text of the Act may be found on the European Council website here, or can be downloaded from the Office of Space Commerce website here.

The U.S. Department of Commerce, in coordination with colleagues at the U.S. Department of State and across the United States Government, is reviewing the updated text. On November 4th, the United States Government submitted its comments to the European Commission regarding the Commission’s draft of the European Union Space Act.

The Office of Space Commerce encourages interested U.S. industry representatives to provide OSC with any feedback on the updated European Union Space Act text. Responses may be submitted through the Office of Space Commerce’s EU Space Act feedback questionnaire (Google Forms), or sent via email to space.commerce@noaa.gov.