ERA Act is still expected to be presented by the end of the year, civil servant said

A civil servant of the European Commission has said the European Research Area (ERA) Act should be presented by the end of 2026.

Jean David Malo, Director of ERA and Innovation at the Commission's DG Research and Innovation, said at a panel discussion organised by COST, a European instrument supporting cooperation among researchers and innovators, on 22/10/2026: "We have finalised our impact assessment on the ERA Act. So we are waiting for the answer. And our objective remains to have an adoption and therefore publication before the discussion with the other institution, by the end of this year."

To describe the Commission’s work on the Act, he outlined the two types of provisions not in the ERA Act:

• Provisions already covered by other legislation. The purpose is not to duplicate existing…