Eurosmart's expert groups release comments on significant amendments from European Parliament's Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). Eurosmart welcomes the recent ITRE draft report and IMCO draft opinion on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and in particular the...
Artificial Intelligence Act: On 12 June 2023 it was announced that the Spanish EU Council presidency will prioritize the AI Act proposal regardless of the governing party, with the absence of political leadership potentially benefiting negotiations. Convergence is expected between Spain and the European Parliament with...
Council adopts its negotiating mandate - JURI-IMCO committees finalise compromise amendments Key provisions of both Council and Parliament draft positions have been communicated. Council negotiating position and JURI-IMCO compromise amendments would be released in the coming days. Analysis Council negotiating position Today (14 June 2023), COREPER met and endorsed...
Standard-essential patent Proposal for a new regulation - ex-post public consultation running Download the full analysis (ppt) The European Commission presented on 27 April 2023 a legislative package including measures to facilitate access to patents needed to comply with technical standards (COM(2023)232 - Proposal for a regulation...
Background On Tuesday 18 April the European Commission presented the final cybersecurity package of its term. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, EU ministers decided Europe needed to do more to withstand large-scale cyberattacks. The ambition is to give more powers to EU and national cyber...