Policy & Law
28.02.2024

The View from Brussels #285

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 07 (12.02.2024-18.02.2024)

Digital Services Act: The Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022 after being published in the Official Journal of the EU on 27 October 2022. It regulates the obligations of digital services such as marketplaces that connect consumers with goods, services and content. It protects user rights online, creates transparency and accountability for online platforms and applies across the EU. The Commission provides the most important information for consumers and companies in a Q&A. (Commission)

AI Act: On Tuesday 13 February, the Single Market (IMCO) and Civil Liberties (LIBE) Committees voted 71 to 8 (7 abstentions) in favour of the outcome of the negotiations with the Member States on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The provisional agreement on the AI Act was thus approved. (EP)

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the Current Week CW08 (19/02/2024-25/02/2024)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 03.03.2024 can be found here.

Summit and Ministerial Meetings:

This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.

Preparatory Bodies:

An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.

Commission:

The agenda of the current Commission meetings dated 12.02.2024 can be found here.

  • Connectivity package on digital networks and infrastructure, 21.02.2024

Parliament:

Plenary Sittings

There are no plenary sessions of the European Parliament this week.

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)

The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 22.02.2024  can be found here.

JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)

The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 22/02/2024 (a joint meeting with IMCO) can be found here.

The current timetables of the JURI Committee (as of 22/02/2024) can be found here.

ITRE Committee (Industry)

The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 22/02/2024 can be found here. The agenda for the joint meeting with the Budget Committee (BUDG) on 22.02.2024 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are of relevance:

  • Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act)
  • Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero tech-nology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)
  • Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’)

The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 13.02.2024) can be found here.

IMCO Committee (Internal Market)

The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 22/02/2024 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Common rules promoting the repair of goods and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, Directives (EU) 2019/771 and (EU) 2020/1828

The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 25.01.2024) can be found here.

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

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 ECJ here.

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