News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 46 (13.11.2023-17.11.2023)
CSAM: On Tuesday, the LIBE Committee adopted its position on new measures to protect children online by preventing and stopping child sexual abuse. Inter-institutional negotiations were authorised with 48 votes in favour, 2 against and 4 abstentions. (EP)
Cybersecurity: On Wednesday, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Member States (COREPER) reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposal for a targeted amendment of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act (CSA) of 2019. At the heart of the discussion was the definition of “managed security services”. With the Council’s agreement, the trilogue negotiations can now begin. (Council of the EU)
Data Act: Last Thursday, the vote on the Data Act took place in the European Parliament. The legislation was adopted with 481 votes in favour, 31 against and 71 abstentions. It will now need formal approval by the Council. (EP)
eIDAS: The provisional agreement on the amended eIDAS Regulation reached in the trilogue on 8 November was published in consolidated form on Thursday, 16 November. Points of contention until the last moment included matters related to the European Digital Identity Wallet (EDIW) and Art. 45a-1 concerning website certificates. (EP)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
- At a Glance – European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
- Briefing – Commission proposal on preventing and combating child sexual abuse: The Commission’s engagement with stakeholders
- Briefing – Open Financial Data implications
- Briefing – VAT in the digital age
- Briefing – Proposal for a simplification of VAT rules for e-commerce (imports)
- At a Glance – Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation
- At a Glance – Net-zero industry act
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Vehicle safety – updated standards for in-vehicle emergency call systems (eCall) (until11.2023)
- Supervision of Crypto Assets – criteria, procedures and fees (until12.2023)
- Proposal for a DIRECTIVE on the simplification of reporting obligations in environmental legislation (until12.2023)
- Rationalisation of reporting obligations – outline of draft proposals in the field of mobility and transport (until12.2023)
- Consumer rights – adapting out-of-court dispute resolution to digital markets (until12.2023)
- Digital certificates of origin for Brazilian products (until12.2023)
- Critical ICT third-party service providers – criteria & fees (until12.2023)
Selections of the Current Week CW 47 (20.11.2023-24.11.2023)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 03.12.2023 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- EU-Canada Summit, 23/24 November 2023
- EU Council “Education, Youth, Culture and Sport“, 23/24 November 2023, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 11.2023, Agenda
- Audiovisual and Media Working Party, 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Social Questions, 11.2023, Agenda
- COREPER (Part 1), 22/24.11.2023, Agenda
- Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI),
- COREPER (Part 2), 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 11.2023, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 11.2023
- JHA INFORMATION EXCHANGE, 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Financial Services and the Banking Union (Financial Services), 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Data Protection (DAPIX), 11.2023, Agenda
- Working Party on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN), 11.2023, Agenda
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda for the recent Commission meeting on 14.11.2023 can be found here.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (Strasbourg Sittings Week)
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:
- Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)
- VAT: rules for the digital age
- VAT: administrative cooperation arrangements for the digital age
- Digitalisation and Administrative Law
- Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation
- Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation (amendment of certain directives and framework decisions)
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2023 is available here (PDF), and is also available for 2024 here.
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 20.11.2023) 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 17.11.2023) 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 25.10.2023) 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.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
