The new proposal of the European Union space law

Dimitrijević Duško (Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, Beograd),

With the new “Space Act” proposal, the European Union (EU) called on member states to adopt a unified and harmonised legal framework for space activities, with a focus on security, resilience, and sustainability. This focus covers space traffic, ecology, and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure to give greater impetus to the space economy and strategic autonomy of the EU. Essentially, the Commission initiated the adoption of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Safety, Resilience and Sustainability of Space Activities in the Union on June 25, 2025, which provides for the replacement of fragmented national legislative solutions with common rules for operators, thus ensuring safe and uninterrupted access to space services while encouraging technological innovation and creating a single market for performing space activities that should contribute to strengthening the global competitiveness of the European space economy.

Keywords: EU, Proposal for a Regulation on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities, “Space Act”, unified legal framework, space services, market