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Joint industry statement DSA "stay-down" provisions

We, the undersigned organisations, representing a wide range of sectors impacted by the Digital Services Act (DSA), are deeply concerned about the reappearance of a ‘stay-down’ provision in the latest compromise text.

date 2022/05/24

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Position Paper on the Data Act

On 23 Feb. 2022, the European Commission presented its draft Data Act. With this draft, the Commission is pursuing the goal of making better use of data. From the perspective of the EU Commission, this would not yet be done to a sufficient extent to harness the full value-creation potential of data for the European economy.

date 2022/05/13

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Remarks on the e-Evidence Regulation Draft

The European Commission published the draft of an e-Evidence Regulation (the “Regulation”) in April 2018. The trilogue started in early 2021. The current French presidency of the Council of EU has declared this draft regulation to be one of its priorities.

date 2022/05/02

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On the Open Internet Guidelines Draft of BEREC

BEREC has published a draft update to its Open Internet Guidelines on the Implementation of the Telecom Single Market-Regulation. Guidelines of BEREC constitute recommendations to national regulatory authorities, who should take them into account.

date 2022/04/11

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Guidelines and recommendations for international politics

On 1 January 2022, Germany took over the annually rotating G7 Presidency. “Progress towards an equitable world” is the goal that the the German G7 Presidency has set itself for its programme. This goal is set to guide the work of the G7 and to be aligned with various fields of action.

date 2022/04/06

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Contribution on Net Neutrality Assessment Methodology Draft

BEREC has started a consultation on its draft on the regulatory assessment methodology. The methodology intends to provide guidance to National Regulatory Authorities in relation to the monitoring and supervision of the net neutrality provisions of the Open Internet Regulation EU/2015/2120.

date 2022/01/26

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On measures for a high common level of cybersecurity

With the Commission’s presentation for the new NIS-2 directive in December 2020, the debate on the future regulation of cybersecurity within the European Union kicked off. eco contributed to both the Inception Impact Assessment preceding the presentation of the new directive and the Commission’s draft in February 2021.

date 2021/11/25

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On the proposal for the reform the Renewable Energy Directive

With the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented an ambitious growth and transformation strategy for a climate neutral Europe by 2050. In response to this landmark decision, the European Parliament and the European Council have committed to realigning the European climate targets for 2030.

date 2021/11/18

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Position Paper on the reform of the Energy Efficiency Directive

With the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented an ambitious growth and transformation strategy in December 2019, which is intended to bring about climate neutrality for Europe by 2050.

date 2021/11/18

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Position Paper on the Data Governance Act

In November 2020, the European Commission presented its proposal for the European Data Governance Act, which is set out to regulate the provision of (non-personal) data for different purposes.

date 2021/11/16

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