News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 50 (09.12.2024-15.12.2024)
EuroHPC: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) has selected seven projects to establish Europe’s first AI factories. With an investment of 1.5 billion Euro, funded by national funds and the EU’s Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programmes, this will be a significant step towards building a European AI ecosystem. (COM)
Cyber Resilience Act in force: The law obliges manufacturers to provide security updates and better support consumers in the event of security risks. More transparency regarding cyber risks should enable consumers to make more informed decisions. (COM)
CSAM: On 13 December, the Council adopted its position on a proposal to update EU’s criminal law provisions on the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. The revised provisions expand the definition of criminal offences to ensure that all forms of child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, including through online tools, are criminalised. (Council)
Selected publications from the EP Think Tank
- Information integrity online and the European democracy shield
- Mis- and disinformation on social media and related risks to election integrity
- Fostering participation in education and training throughout life
- Towards a Climate and Energy Union – The constitutional basis for a sustainable transformation
Ongoing relevant consultations of the European Commission
- European Digital Identity Wallets – list of certified wallets (until 02.01.2025)
- European Digital Identity Wallets – registration of relying parties (until 02.01.2025)
- European Digital Identity Wallets – security breaches (until 02.01.2025)
- European digital identity framework – verification of electronic attestation of attributes (until 02.01.2025)
- European Digital Identity Framework – cross-border identity matching (until 02.01.2025)
- Travel – digitalising travel documents to make travelling easier (until 17.01.2025)
Selection of the CW 51 (16.12.2024-22.12.2024)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the coming days until 29 December 2024 can be found here.
Summits and Ministerial Meetings:
- Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy), 12.2024
Preparatory bodies:
- Briefing Transport, Telecommunications And Energy Council, 12.2024
- Press Conference Transport, Telecommunications And Energy Council, 12.2024
- Coreper II, 12.2024
- Coreper I, 12.2024, Agenda
- Coreper II, 12.2024
- WP on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), 12.2024, Agenda
- Coreper II, 12.2024, Agenda
You can find an overview of the various Council dates here.
Commission:
The agenda for the current Commission meeting was not available at the time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings
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:
- Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe
- Topical debate (Rule 169) – Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies
Here you can find the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2024 is available here.
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 16 December 2024 can be found here.
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
IMCO Committee (Single Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
Outlook:
You can find an overview of the following meeting weeks here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judical calendar of the ECJ here.
