News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 37 (09.09.2024-15.09.2024)
Draghi report: Mario Draghi’s report warns that weak productivity is an “existential challenge” for Europe, endangering its leadership in technology, its climate goals and its global position. Europe is lagging behind the US, especially in the technology sector, and must promote innovation in the fields of artificial intelligence and clean technologies. Draghi calls for better coordination in decarbonisation and more investment to achieve economic and ecological goals. (EU Commission) (Euractiv.com)
Telco deregulation debate: Former Italian Minister Presidents Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi recently proposed to deregulate the European telecoms industry to promote competition. However, the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) expresses concerns and warns of possible risks. (Euractiv.com)
AI Board: The first high-level meeting of the upcoming EU AI Board took place on 19 June in preparation for the implementation of the AI Act. Although the AI Act will not come into force until August, the meeting served to prepare for its implementation. Topics included the strategic vision, national approaches to supervision and the organisation of the Board, including its mandate, decision-making processes and working groups. Delegates from the EU Member States, the European Data Protection Supervisor and EFTA states took part. (EU Commission)
CSAM Regulation: The new compromise text of the Hungarian EU Council Presidency on the law against online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) focuses on known material in order to mitigate privacy concerns. Detection orders only concern known content, and the roles of the EU Centre and the Coordinating Authority have been adjusted. In addition, the requirement to detect new content has been removed. (Euractiv.com)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
There are currently no publications of relevance to the Internet industry.
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Digital Europe programme – interim evaluation (until 20.09.2024)
- Protection of minors – guidelines (until 30.09.2024)
Selections of the CW 38 (16.09.2024-22.09.2024)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 29.09.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Informal meeting of research ministers, 16-17.09.2024
- Informal meeting of transport ministers, 19-20.09.2024
- General Affairs Council, 09.2024, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Coreper II, 09.2024
- Budget Committee, 09.2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 09.2024
- Coreper I, 09.2024
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 09.2024
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 09.2024
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:
- Global measures towards social media platforms – Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting the democracy and freedom in the online sphere
- Address by Mario Draghi – Presentation of the report on the Future of European competitiveness
- The future of the European competitiveness
- The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences
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.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
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.
