Publications
Making the General Data Protection Regulation more effective – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Make the GDPR truly risk‑based: The GDPR should truly prioritise real risks over routine low-risk processing, using a proportionate approach that supports innovation, compliance, a...
Digital Omnibus proposals: An important milestone for EU competitiveness
BusinessEurope has welcomed today’s publication by the European Commission of its Digital Omnibus simplification proposals. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: “The proposed Di...
Simplifying the EU digital rulebook – a BusinessEurope position paper
Introduction
The European Union has become a global leader in digital legislation. Yet with leadership comes responsibility – not only to regulate, but to ensure that regulation, for example on dat...
Digital economy
Our digital policy ambition for the 2024-2029 legislature – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
A 10-year period of intense horizontal regulation in the digital technology sphere is closing in. The European Union has become by far the most prominent writer of the digital technology...
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to the European Parliament Plenary vote on the AI Act
13 March 2024 - Commenting on today’s European Parliament Plenary vote on the AI Act, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "This is a pivotal moment for AI development in Euro...
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to political deal on EU AI Act
11 December 2023 - In light of the historical political deal reached by EU co-legislators on the AI Act, Director General of BusinessEurope Markus J. Beyrer said: "The potential lack of lega...
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to today’s EU Parliament plenary vote on the EU Data Act
9 November 2023 - Commenting on today’s EU Parliament Plenary vote on the EU Data Act, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Making data flows easier in Europe is a necessary step,...
Digital economy
Product liability and AI liability directives – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The expansion of scope of the PLD should be limited to embedded software. For instances of AI software overlapping with the PLD’s strict liability regime an explicit clarification sh...
Digital economy
The proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) as it entails the potential to significantly increase Europe’s cyber-resilience. We urge...
Digital economy
The proposal for a Data Act – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope sees the potential of the Data Act proposal to enable new business opportunities. The new rules must be developed without creating excessive burdens for companies, es...
Digital economy
Digital economy
Business supports EU’s green light for competitive and safer digital sector
European Parliament’s final vote on DMA and DSA is a bold positive step
5 July 2022 - Today the European Parliament made its final vote on the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. Whil...
Digital economy
EU makes a bold step towards fair competition in the digital sector
Yesterday, a political deal at EU level on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to harmonise rules to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector has been found among the co-legislators. The Re...
Digital economy
Data Act: EU data sharing framework should foster investment
Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Data Act. It is part of the EU Data Strategy presented in February 2020 to unlock the potential of non-personal, business data. The aim is t...