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Europe’s geospatial data infrastructure is evolving. As key INSPIRE components move to central EU services, the transition will enhance long-term sustainability and resilience, rationalising resources while maintaining service continuity and improving efficiency.
After almost ten years since its introduction, the INSPIRE Reference Validator was discontinued on April 1st, 2026. The Validator has been a crucial tool for INSPIRE implementers to test the compliance of their metadata, spatial datasets, and services.
The College of Commissioners has adopted the proposal for simplification of the INSPIRE Directive as part of an environmental simplification package. The Parliament and Council will examine and negotiate the proposal under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Get an overview of the INSPIRE Directive, its founding principles and the maintenance and implementation framework. Find guidance on how to implement and how to benefit from its reuse in different contexts.
Learn about the European strategy for data, the link of INSPIRE to the common European data spaces, the Open Data Directive and high-value datasets, the GreenData4All initiative, and the Digital Europe Programme.
Get details on the legal framework defined by Directive 2007/2/EC, its policy background, and the Implementing Rules.
Get an overview of how the INSPIRE framework is evolving to better support data-driven decision making and innovation while opening up to a wider range of users.
