Policy & Law
30.05.2025

The View from Brussels #19-2025

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 20 (12.05.2025-18.05.2025)

DSA: The EU Commission has made a preliminary view that TikTok’s advertisement repository does not fulfil with the requirements of the Digital Services Act.

DSA: The EU Commission has published draft guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act. Feedback on the draft can be provided in public consultation until 10 June 2025.

AI: The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published a report on the development of generative artificial intelligence from a copyright perspective.

Cybersecurity: The EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) launches a vulnerability database to boost its digital security (European Vulnerability Database, EUVD).

Network expansion: Euractiv reports on a survey conducted by the EU Commission among leading EU telecommunications companies on whether tight financial restrictions imposed on banks following the financial crisis should be relaxed to boost investment in next-generation infrastructure.

Digital Partnership Council: The EU and Japan held their third Digital Partnership Council in Tokyo and signed a letter of intent on strengthening cooperation in the area of quantum science and technology.

Digital tax: According to Politico, the EU Commission is planning to introduce digital levies/taxes to be able to repay its post-Covid debt.

AI chips: The US lifts limitations on AI chips (Politico).

Social media: Euractiv reports that France, Spain and Greece are pushing the EU Commission to swiftly introduce an EU-wide age verification system and set a minimum age for social media access.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the current CW 21 (19.05.2025-25.05.2025)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 01.06.2025 can be found here.

Summit and Ministerial Meetings:

Preparatory Bodies:

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 (BXL)

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:

Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2025 is available here (PDF).

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 20.05.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Safeguarding democracy and diversity of expression: addressing foreign influence, disinformation and algorithmic manipulation of electoral processes following the latest developments linked to social media platforms
  • Extraordinary Coordinators’ meeting to assess the short-listed candidates for the positions of Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) and of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)

The agenda for the joint committee meeting of the LIBE Committee and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on 20.05.2025 can be found here.

The current timetables of the LIBE Committee can be found here.

JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)

No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.

The current timetables of the JURI Committee 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 12.05.2025) can be found here.

IMCO Committee (Internal Market)

The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 19 -20.05.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Working Group on the implementation of the Digital Services Act
    • Reporting back to committee by Christel Schaldemose (S&D), Chair of the Working group
  • Working Group on the implementation and enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act • Reporting back to committee by Brando Benifei (S&D), Co-Chair of the Working group
  • Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive)
  • Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports
  • The AI Continent Action Plan • Presentation and exchange of views with the Commission

The agenda for the joint committee meeting of the IMCO Committee and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on 20.05.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012

The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 08.04.2025) can be found here.

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

The agenda for the joint committee meeting of the CULT Committee and the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield on 19.05.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • CULT-EUDS Joint Public Hearing on “The state of the media in the EU and media resilience“

The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee on 20.05.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • Public hearing on “Empowering creators in the age of AI”

The current timetables of the CULT Committee can be found here.

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 CJEU here.

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