News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 39 (23.09.2024 – 29.09.2024)
Telecoms rules: The debate on the future of EU telecoms rules is causing tension between national authorities and the European Commission. While some representatives of the European Commission are in favour of market consolidation to strengthen the market, the European Regulators’ Group warns of higher prices for users. (Euractiv.com)
AI Pact: The European Commission is attempting to encourage companies to sign a voluntary AI Pact that would facilitate compliance with the upcoming AI Act. However, following the resignation of Thierry Breton, the future of the AI Pact is now in question, and some companies are hesitant to sign.(Euractiv.com)
Green investments: EU network operators are calling for the inclusion of their industry in the EU taxonomy in order to attract more investment. This is intended to help expand 5G and fibre-optic infrastructure while supporting the ecological transition. (Euractiv.com)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Protection of minors – guidelines (until 30.09.2024)
- EU cybersecurity certification scheme – amendment to the list of state-of-the-art documents (until 18.10.2024)
- EU Cybersecurity Act – rules for notifications of conformity assessment bodies (until 18.10.2024)
Selections of the CW 40 (30.09.2024 – 06.10.2024)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 13.10.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
Preparatory Bodies:
- ANTICI GROUP, 1 October 2024
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 1/2 October 2024
- Coreper I, 2 October 2024
- Coreper II, 2 October 2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 2 October 2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 3 October 2024
- Working Party on Consumer Protection and Information, 3 October 2024
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 3 October 2024
- Working Party on Information, 3 October 2024
- Coreper II, 4 October 2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 4 October 2024
- Working Party on Information, 4 October 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 (Brussels)
There are no plenary sittings of the European Parliament taking place 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 30.09.2024 can be found here.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 30.09.2024 Â can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is of relevance:
- Presentation by the Commission (DG CONNECT) of the second report on the state of the Digital Decade Policy Programme
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 30.09.2024 Â can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Exchange of views on the future of European competitiveness (Mario Draghi PE763.261v01-00 2/2 OJ\PE763.261v01-00EN.rtf EN report)
- Establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee taking place on 03.10.2024 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.
