News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 13 (25.03.2024-31.03.2024)
Digital markets: The European Commission announced on 25 March that it is opening non-compliance investigations into Alphabet, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission has concerns that the measures taken by the companies to date fall short of effective compliance with so-called “gatekeepers”. The intention is to conclude these proceedings within 12 months. (Euractiv, Commission)
Digital identities: The Council adopted the amended eIDAS Regulation on 26 March. Among other aspects, the regulation creates a legal framework for an EU Digital ID wallet. The Parliament already approved the agreement reached in November on 29 February. The revised regulation will be published in the EU’s Official Journal in the coming weeks and will enter into force 20 days after its publication. The regulation will be fully implemented by 2026. (Council)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
- Artificial intelligence [What Think Tanks are thinking]
- AI investment: EU and global indicators
- Implications of the Digital Transformation on Different Social Groups
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Proposal for a Council Regulation on HPC (until 04.2024)
- Combating child sexual abuse – review of EU rules (until04.2024)
- Data protection in the interconnection between ICSMS and national customs systems via EU CSW-CERTEX (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 CW 14 (01.04 – 07.04.2024)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the coming days until 14.04.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
Preparatory Bodies:
- COREPER II, 04.2024
- Law Enforcement Working Party (Police), 04.2024
- Audiovisual and Media Working Party, 04.2024, 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
There are no plenary sessions of the European Parliament taking place this week.
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 25.03.2024) can be found here.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 27.03.2024) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 03.04.2024 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- European Health Data Space
- Exchange of views on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act:
compliance, with a focus on self-preferencing and app stores
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of February 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.
