Key tech takeaways from von der Leyen’s speech Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her last annual State of the European Union speech before the next EU elections. Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence took centre stage in Ursula von der Leyen's speech to the Parliament. The...
This document gathers and compares the different provisions regarding the secondary legislation, from the Council General Approach, the European Parliament's mandate and the European Commission's initial proposal. Delegated acts and implementing acts will directly impact the concrete implementation of the CRA (category of products, harmonised standards...
Politico published a recent leak regarding the latest Trilogue compromise dated August 31st. Open issues include interoperability, governance, offline services and whether the digital wallet’s computer code should be free for the public to share and improve. Representatives of European Union governments, the European Parliament and...
A revised Swedish Council Presidency compromise text (not publicly available), was discussed by the Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues on 21 June 2023. Analysis Council experts of the Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues met on 21 June to continue their exchange of views on the...
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...