News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW08 (19.02.2024-23.02.2024)
Digital infrastructures: Last week, the European Commission presented a set of possible actions to foster the innovation, security and resilience of digital infrastructures. Specifically, two items were presented: a White Paper entitled “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?” and a Recommendation on the security and resilience of submarine cable infrastructures. A public consultation was launched in parallel and allows stakeholders to give feedback on the published plans until 30 June 2024. (European Commission Press Release)
Social media: The European Commission opened formal proceedings against social media company TikTok for possible breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Specifically, TikTok is accused of breaches in several areas, including child protection. The issue of the potentially addictive nature of social media is also to be considered in the investigation. (Euractiv)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
- Strategic technologies for Europe platform
- Parliament’s negotiating position on the standard essential patents regulation
- Transparency and targeting of political advertising
- Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Proposal for a Council Regulation on HPC (until04.2024)
- Combating child sexual abuse – review of EU rules (until04.2024)
- R&D on dual-use technologies – options for support (until04.2024)
- How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs? (until06.2024)
Selections of the Current Week CW09 / 26.02.-01.03.2024
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 10.03.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
Preparatory Bodies:
- WP on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030), 26.02.2024, Agenda
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 26.02.2024, Agenda
- WP on Telecommunications and Information Society, 02.2024, Agenda
- WP on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), 27.02.2024, Agenda
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 27.02.2024, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 27.02.2024, Agenda
- WP on Competitiveness and Growth – Industry, 27.02.2024, Agenda
- COREPER I, 28.02.2024, Agenda
- COREPER II, 28.02.2024, Agenda
- WP on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), 28.02.2024, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 28.02.2024, Agenda
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 28.02.2024, Agenda
- COREPER I, 01.03.2024, Agenda
- Law Enforcement Working Party (Police), 01.03.2024, Agenda
- Audiovisual WP, 01.03.2024, Agenda
- WP on Transport – Intermodal Questions and Networks, 01.03.2024, Agenda
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 01.03.2024, Agenda
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 01.03.2024, Agenda
- WP on Competitiveness and Growth – Industry, 01.03.2024, Agenda
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda of the current Commission meeting was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (Strasbourg)
The agenda for the current plenary sittings week can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Need to overcome the Council deadlock on the platform workers directive
- Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)
- Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services
- European Digital Identity framework
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2024 is available here (PDF).
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the JURI Committee (as of 26.02.2024) can be found here.
ITRE Committee (Industry)
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 22.02.2024) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 22.02.2024) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the CULT Committee is scheduled for this week.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here. The provisional agenda for the upcoming plenary sittings can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
