Publications
Data protection
GDPR: Making improved data protection a reality
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full force tomorrow (25 May) marking the largest change in data protection law Europe has ever seen. Discussions began six years ago and a...
Data protection
Data protection
The proposal for a Cybersecurity Act – Additional points by BusinessEurope
In relation to recent co-legislator developments, BusinessEurope annexes its position paper dated 23 November 2017 to comment on a number of new elements in relation to this dossier. Nothing within th...
Digital economy
Europe favours a responsible Digital Single Market
The European Commission launched today the 3rd Data Economy Package aiming to assess emerging data issues to ensure a fair Digital Single Market. Also, the Communication on Artificial Intelligence (AI...
Company law
Open the digital door and bring EU company law into 21st century
Today, the European Commission published its EU Company law upgraded Package which aims to facilitate companies’ use of digital technologies, specifically focusing on digital tools which allow c...
Digital economy
Robotics and automation – BusinessEurope strategy paper
Investment through initiatives like SPARC, the largest R&I programme in civilian robotics in the world, are beginning to pave the way for us to take the lead in this field and bolster our global i...
EU single market
The European Commission’s public procurement package – BusinessEurope comments
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the Commission’s continued focus on improving the implementation of the public procurement directives, amongst others by publication of the ‘Publ...
EU single market
BusinessEurope comments on the Commission’s ‘goods package’
Key messages
BusinessEurope supports the proposed ‘Goods Package’. The package will contribute to improving the free movement of goods in the Single Market and creating a level playing...
Competitiveness Council
EU Single Market: Council should build on 25 years of success
- EU ministers should take bold action now -
Since its start 25 years ago, the EU Single Market has been the cornerstone of European integration and a strong growth and employment driver, brin...
EU single market
Goods Package – timely proposals to improve the free movement of goods
Today the European Commission presented a ‘Goods Package’ with proposals to improve the free movement of goods in the Single Market. The package consists of proposals for new regulations in the ar...
Digital economy
Digital economy
Council should not exempt the free flow of data
The European Commission’s free flow of data proposal aimed to end digital single market fragmentation through restricting national measures that force data to be geographically located when proc...
Digital economy
EU single market
Data protection
The proposal for a Cybersecurity Act – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
No one-size-fits-all certification scheme can apply to all connected technologies or the risks they face. The certification framework cannot pre-prescribe a list of elements to be incl...
Digital economy
The proposal for a free flow of data regulation – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Unjustified national localisation measures should no longer restrict the free movement of data. Existing national measures that are unjustified and run counter to this principle should...
EU single market
ICT and digital solutions for transport and logistics
Key messages
Digital technologies and ICT tools make transport in all modes (i.e. by road, rail, air, inland waterways or sea) more interoperable, smarter and can provide more predictability to inc...
Data protection
EU Parliament locks-in poor mandate ahead of e-Privacy negotiations
Today, the European Parliament narrowly confirmed the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee’s mandate to begin trilogues on its e-Privacy report. Parliament sent its early s...
Data protection
Divided e-Privacy vote demonstrates lack of Parliament debate
Today, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee in the European Parliament narrowly voted its e-Privacy report through. This demonstrated its fragmented position before Council n...
EU single market
Comments on SMIT, Single Digital Gateway and SOLVIT
The Commission “Compliance Package”
proposals of 2 May 2017
DETAILED REMARKS ON:
THE SINGLE MARKET INFORMATION TOOL (SMIT) PROPOSAL
THE SINGLE DIGITAL GATEWAY (SDG) PROPOSAL
THE ACT...