Commission publishes analysis of responses to the Call for Evidence on ERA Act

The European Commission has published a report on the outcomes of the Call for Evidence on the ERA Act which closed on 10 September 2025. The aim of the Call for Evidence, as a first step in the public stakeholder consultation process, was to collect general evidence on the problems facing the development and full achievement of the ERA, along with stakeholders’ views on feasible solutions that could be supported by legislation at EU level. Overall, 178 contributions from 29 countries were received, most of them showing strong general support for the ERA Act initiative.

The report is structured according to the main areas of intervention that are foreseen for the ERA Act, each section making the distinction between the main problems identified by stakeholders and their proposals of actions to tackle them. The analysis is based on an artificial intelligence based analytical model developed by Directorate T Digital Transformation and Data at the Joint Research Centre, fully revised and complemented by the ERA Governance Team at Directorate A ERA and Innovation, DG Research and Innovation, including a careful assessment of 84 position papers received.

The ERA Act proposal is expected to be tabled in the third quarter of 2026,

Analysis of Responses to the Call for Evidence