digital economy regulation

As part of the European Commission’s tech sovereignty package, the open-source strategy combines support for the development of open-source solutions with measures to increase their uptake across the public and private sectors. For example, the strategy envisages support for public authorities in incorporating open-source solutions into software procurement procedures and promotes the further development of “open-source stewardship” under the Cyber Resilience Act.

The debate showed broad support among the mainstream political groups for strengthening Europe's technological autonomy in response to growing geopolitical risks and digital dependencies. While there was broad agreement on the need to invest in European AI, cloud and semiconductor capabilities, members of the European Parliament shared divergent opinions on how sovereignty should be achieved.

The CADA proposal would specify the conditions that EU and national public sector bodies should use in public procurement procedures for the provision of cloud computing services (CCS). The legislative proposal would also determine the criteria for the recognition of trusted CCS across four assurance levels for public sector activities that are critical to the preservation of public order (e.g. law enforcement, NIS2 sectors such as health and transport).

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) recommends aligning supplier phase-out obligations for telecoms operators with network lifecycle planning, and introducing risk-based timelines tailored to specific network components.

This edition features news about member states’ discussions on the proposed Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2); BEREC position on phase-out requirements in electronic communications networks in the CSA2; a new Benchmark by Cullen International on the implementation of the AI Act across EU countries; the publication of a code of practice on transparency of AI-generated content; discussions around the potential introduction of binding EU rules on the prominence of services of general interest; the adoption of a common template to notify data breaches under GDPR; and a provisional agreement by EU co-legislators on rules exempting some companies from GDPR's record-keeping obligations. It also lists events taking place this week.

Stakeholders and academics discussed how Europe can stimulate digital investment and innovation without weakening competition at an IRG event on 10 June in Brussels.