Only 9 EU member states had fulfilled their obligation and submitted national nature restoration plans.

Omissions

• No source retrieved provides the explicit count of member states that had submitted draft National Restoration Plans; the figure '9' does not appear in any located source.
• The European Commission's own news item of 1 September 2026 ('EU countries submit draft plans on restoring nature') is the relevant primary source, but its full content stating the number of submitting states was not retrievable in the search results.
• A related claim verified in the same session indicated a different count (7 member states) as of 1 September 2026; the present claim (9) may reflect submissions added between the 1 September deadline and the 7 October session, but this could not be independently verified.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Environment (DG ENV) newsEU countries submit draft plans on restoring nature. 'The plans contain information on how Member States intend to meet each of the restoration targets up to 2030.' Published 1 September 2026 (the legal deadline for draft National Restoration Plans). The retrieved content does not state the number of member states that submitted.
• SecondaryRestore Nature (restorenature.eu)NRPs are the key instrument for the Nature Restoration Law implementation: each Member State must submit a draft NRP by 1 September 2026 and a final version by [later date].
• SecondaryBiodiversa+National Restoration Plans (NRPs), the cornerstone of the EU's Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR), to be submitted to the European Commission by September 2026.
• SecondaryNetworkNatureNature Restoration Regulation update: EU countries submit draft plans on restoring nature. 'The plans contain information on how Member States intend to meet each of the restoration targets up to 2030.' No explicit count of submitting member states retrieved.