EU Digital Strategy – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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The EU Digital Strategy is an ambitious and overarching project to regulate the digital economy – and it touches most international businesses in some way.
We are watching these developments closely, supporting clients with those regulations and directives that have already been enacted, and are helping to shape the regulations with support from our EU Policy Team in Brussels. We are also monitoring how these EU regulations compare with similar regulations being enacted or considered in other countries to help clients formulate a global strategy.
This hub on the EU Digital Strategy will help you stay ahead of the curve.
We are grouping the new regulations into four main areas:
Click on the individual regulations for a summary of their aims, applicability, timelines and the challenges they pose.
Data Governance Act
EU Regulation introducing a framework designed to facilitate voluntary data sharing.
Data Act
EU Regulation introducing rules for the sharing and use of data generated on the internet of things and for enabling users to easily switch between cloud providers.
European Data Spaces
The EU Commission aims to create EU-wide common, interoperable data spaces (EU Data Spaces) in strategic sectors like health, finance and mobility, to overcome existing legal and technical barriers to data sharing.
Cyber Resilience Act
Proposal for an EU Regulation setting boundary conditions for the development of cybersecure products with digital elements placed on EU market.
NIS2 Directive
The Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2 Directive) repeals and modernises the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS1 Directive) which was the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity.
Digital Services Act
EU Regulation designed to create a safer and more transparent digital space.
Digital Markets Act
EU Regulation introducing rules for the largest online platforms which act as “gatekeepers” between business users and end users.
AI Act
Proposal for an EU Regulation for AI systems introducing EU-wide minimum requirements and obligations for providers, users, end-product manufacturers, importers and distributors of AI systems.
AI Liability Directive
Proposal for an EU Directive introducing new rules specific to damages caused by AI systems, intending to ensure that persons harmed by AI systems enjoy the same level of protection as persons harmed by other technologies in the EU (AI Liability Directive).
DSM Directive
EU Directive aiming to adjust copyright law to the necessities of a digital society.
European Media Freedom Act
Proposal for an European Regulation aiming to strengthen media independence and media pluralism in the EU.
eIDAS 2.0
Proposal for an EU Regulation amending the existing eIDAS Regulation to promote trusted digital identities to all Europeans by introducing a Digital ID-Wallet and rules to enable the evidential admissibility of electronic ledgers like blockchains.
Like other parts of the EU Digital Strategy, also the Data Act reaffirms the supremacy of data protection laws, ensuring that…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Elisabeth Pferschy, Estella Dannhausen
In an earlier blog (here) we dissected the copyright framework for text and data mining under the EU Copyright Directive (Dir…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Oliver Talhoff, Matthias Hofer
Background AI is transforming industries. Companies around the world are accelerating their organisational pace to adapt and …
Author(s): Thomas Mollnhuber
The EU Data Act has brought a new rule for businesses. Chapter V requires that businesses share their data with the governmen…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Tina Fokter Cuvan
We are going through what is known as the third major global economic wave at an unprecedented pace. This wave is driven by t…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Carolina Costa, Ludwig Hartenau
The EU Data Act came into force on 11 January 2024. While its provisions will not be applicable for a while yet, businesses w…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Ludwig Hartenau, Tina Fokter Cuvan
The EU Data Act, being a key pillar of the European Data Strategy, came into force on 11 January 2024. It aims at creating a …
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Tina Fokter Cuvan, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Estella Dannhausen
While the Digital Services Act (DSA) has been applicable already to providers of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christina Moellnitz
The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee on AI (CAI) recently published a revised draft ‘Framework Convention on Artificial Inte…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Adam Gillert, Julia Utzerath, Björn Lambrenos
Even though the competence of the EU to regulate media freedom and media pluralism was the subject of a heated debate and des…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Victor Garcia Lopez, Julia Utzerath
Introduction After more than two years of discussions and an intense final trilogue negotiation between the three EU institu…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Victor Garcia Lopez, Julia Utzerath
This week Freshfields published an annual review of the top trends we expect to impact the data landscape in 2024 and beyond….
Author(s): Christine Lyon, Giles Pratt, Christoph Werkmeister
Recently, the legislative bodies of the EU reached a provisional agreement on a new ‘Regulation on harmonised rules on fair a…
Author(s): Philipp Sebulke, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen
The EU’s approach to AI and liability: a broadening of legislation? The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recently a…
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Enrico Castellani, Giuseppe Curtò, Laura Bellezza
The EU Commission’s proposal in May, 2022 for a regulation to create a European Health Data Space (EHDS) sparked significant …
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Vinita Kailasanath
Introduction AI systems, in particular foundation models used for generative AI applications, require training. Conducting su…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Oliver Talhoff, Matthias Hofer
Last month, an expert roundtable took place convened by Freshfields’ EU Regulatory & Public Affairs team based in Brussels, t…
Author(s): Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Christoph Werkmeister, Victor Garcia Lopez
No 3 of our blog post series on the Digital Services Act: The DSA’s liability regime (Chapter II) With the third post of our…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Lena Hanke
Few endeavours on the EU’s agenda have attracted as much attention as the potential introduction of a retail central bank dig…
Author(s): Eva Schneider, Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Claire Harrop, Stephan Pachinger, Daniel Klingenbrunn
No 2 of our blog post series on the Digital Services Act: General obligations for all intermediary services This blog post t…
Author(s): Estella Dannhausen, Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Lena Hanke
Today, the European Parliament has adopted its position on the AI Act. In plenary session, MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favou…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Victor Garcia Lopez
Speedread Last week, we reported that the European Parliament is pushing forward with the adoption of the Artificial Intellig…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Giles Pratt, Matthias Hofer, Alexandra Morgan
The public view on crypto-assets ranges from the holy grail of disintermediation in financial services to mere scam. Regardle…
Author(s): Daniel Klingenbrunn, Alexander Glos, Jan Struckmann
More than two years after the adoption of the European Commission’s proposal on an AI Act (see our briefing here), the Europe…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Satya Staes Polet, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Victor Garcia Lopez
No 1 of our blogpost series: ‘Very large online platforms’ and ‘very large online search engines’ – how are they designated a…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Laura Knoke, Lena Hanke
The proposed Data Act is best known for its far-reaching data sharing obligations related to smart products. Arguably, less a…
Author(s): Estella Dannhausen, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has brought and will continue to bring transformative changes t…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Vinita Kailasanath
In brief: The EU legislators have now reached agreement on the final text of the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)…
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Hannah Walker Gore, Victor Garcia Lopez, Rachel Duffy
The UK government has published a white paper outlining its approach to the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The w…
Author(s): Rachael Annear, Andrew Austin, Claudia Chan, Adam Gillert, Hannah Walker Gore, Maxwell Smith, Haris Ismail
The Data Act was initially proposed by the European Commission in February 2022 as the second legislative pillar of the EU’s …
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Pablo Artero Lines, Michael Schwaab
Up till now, the reactions to the European Commission’s (Commission) proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) have no…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Eugene McQuaid
2022 was a year full of challenges for global businesses, and in particular in the realm of data protection regulation in the…
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Michael Schwaab, Annabelle Hamelin
Introduction Generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) tools are algorithms than can be used to generate new content, includ…
Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Maxwell Smith, Katie Hyewon Sa, Claudia Chan, Adam Gillert
Today, the Digital Services Act (the “DSA”) has been formally signed into law by the presidents of the European Parliament a…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Julia Utzerath
Stressing the role of free press President of the European Commission von der Leyen commented as follows in her 2021 State of…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Katharina-Sophia Rieger
The EU is rapidly driving its Digital Strategy forward. One of its key pillars is the Data Act – designed to facilitate indus…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Lutz Riede, Julia Utzerath
On 28 September 2022, the European Commission published its draft for a new Directive on liability issues related to the use …
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Victor Garcia Lopez
The European Commission proposed a Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) on 15 September 2022 aimed at protecting consumers and business…
Author(s): Julia Utzerath, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Eugene McQuaid
As part of the EU Strategy for Data, the Data Act is intended to be a landmark piece of legislation, creating a horizontal f…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Ludwig Hartenau
In April 2021, the EU Commission published a draft regulation on artificial intelligence. Since then, numerous opinions have …
Author(s): Alexander Bothe, Christoph Werkmeister
On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament approved—by an overwhelming majority—the final text of the Digital Markets Act (DMA),…
Author(s): Sharon Malhi, Sascha Schubert, Tone Oeyen, Eugene McQuaid, Rikki Haria, Konstantin Bondarenko
In December 2020, the European Commission presented the legislative proposal for the Digital Services Act (DSA). Together wit…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christina Moellnitz, Eugene McQuaid
Christel Schaldemose, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the Digital Services Act (DSA), said that with the DSA “we are …
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Tobias Timmann, Philipp Sebulke
The Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is currently one of the hot topics in the industry. As previously outlined in this blogpost,…
Author(s): Christina Moellnitz, Theresa Ehlen
The EU is rapidly driving its Digital Strategy forward. Read our blog series to understand how the Digital Services Act will …
Author(s): Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid
On 3 May 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the so-called European Health Data Space (E…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Katharina Reinhardt
About two years ago the European Union presented a vision for the digital future of the EU. This ambitious programme includes…
Author(s): Alex Schmidtke, Christoph Werkmeister
After more than a year of negotiations, three trilogues and significant debate, the European Commission (the Commission), Eur…
Author(s): Sharon Malhi, Sascha Schubert, Thomas Lübbig, Konstantin Bondarenko, Koo Asakura, Ole Schley
According to a leaked draft legislative proposal by the European Commission, which is expected to be officially published thi…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Michael Ramb
Data Access at the Crossroads On 23 February 2022, the European Commission officially published its draft of the forthcoming …
Author(s): Uta Itzen, Christoph Werkmeister, Rikki Haria, Vera Ibes, Ole Schley
Like us, those interested in data regulation have most likely earmarked February 23, 2022 in their calendars, as the date of …
Author(s): Vera Ibes
On 19 July 2021, the European Commission (EC) launched the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud. The Allianc…
Author(s): Corinna Wiedenmann, Christoph Werkmeister
2020 marked the start of the EU’s regulatory advance into the areas of online platforms and big data with the publication of …
Author(s): Alicja Klosok
Article 17 of the EU Digital Single Markets (DSM) Directive (‘the Directive’) sparked a heated public debate far beyond the u…
Author(s): Oliver Talhoff
Developments in the world of data protection are unceasing. Let’s have a look at the top five European trends we see for the …
Author(s): Annabelle Hamelin, Michael Schwaab
Slightly later than anticipated, the European Commission published its long-awaited legislative package, comprising the Digit…
Author(s): Michael Evans
The European Commission presented its widely heralded legislative proposals on regulating the role of so-called “gatekeeper” …
Author(s): Koo Asakura, Sharon Malhi, Rikki Haria
On 25 November 2020 and coinciding with the publication of its proposal for a Data Governance Act, the EU Commission has publ…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Matthias Koch
The European Commission (EC) has taken an all-important first step in implementing its European Data Strategy, which was anno…
Author(s): Cosmas Weigel
What should we expect? The legal framework for digital services in the EU has been largely unchanged since the adoption of th…
Author(s): Michael Evans
With 1 million businesses already selling goods and services via online platforms across the EU’s internal market, large onli…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Matthias Hofer
On 24 September, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published the follow-up to its 2018 Fintech Action Plan, which en…
Author(s): Eva Schneider, Miriam Broucek, Eugene McQuaid, Natalie Pettinger Kearney
While 2019 was the year in which competition authorities sought to deepen their understanding of digital markets through acad…
Author(s): Gian Luca Zampa, Ermelinda Spinelli, Roberta Laghi, Martin Dickson
When, on 2 June 2020, the European Commission started a public consultation on its proposed new competition tool (NCT), this …
Author(s): Thomas Lübbig
On 19 February 2020, the European Commission issued a communication (PDF) outlining its three key objectives that will help E…
Author(s): Andreas Schuler
On 19 February, the EU Commission published a communication on shaping Europe’s digital future (‘the communication’) together…
Author(s): Eugene McQuaid
As AI becomes more prevalent in our lives the law will need to adapt. However, lawmakers have been struggling to draft a defi…
Author(s): Sam Hancock, Giles Pratt
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Here you’ll find our lawyers’ latest perspectives on the business, legal and wider issues that matter.
Our global teams span specialisms, regions and industries to deliver against three fundamental client needs: transactional, regulatory, risk.
Explaining the culture of a firm is always difficult. But we think ours is special.
EU Digital Strategy
Unprecedented complexity and global reach – our offer: a holistic and strategic approach across disciplines.
The EU Digital Strategy is an ambitious and overarching project to regulate the digital economy – and it touches most international businesses in some way.
We are watching these developments closely, supporting clients with those regulations and directives that have already been enacted, and are helping to shape the regulations with support from our EU Policy Team in Brussels. We are also monitoring how these EU regulations compare with similar regulations being enacted or considered in other countries to help clients formulate a global strategy.
This hub on the EU Digital Strategy will help you stay ahead of the curve.
We are grouping the new regulations into four main areas:
Click on the individual regulations for a summary of their aims, applicability, timelines and the challenges they pose.
Data Governance Act
EU Regulation introducing a framework designed to facilitate voluntary data sharing.
Data Act
EU Regulation introducing rules for the sharing and use of data generated on the internet of things and for enabling users to easily switch between cloud providers.
European Data Spaces
The EU Commission aims to create EU-wide common, interoperable data spaces (EU Data Spaces) in strategic sectors like health, finance and mobility, to overcome existing legal and technical barriers to data sharing.
Cyber Resilience Act
Proposal for an EU Regulation setting boundary conditions for the development of cybersecure products with digital elements placed on EU market.
NIS2 Directive
The Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2 Directive) repeals and modernises the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS1 Directive) which was the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity.
Digital Services Act
EU Regulation designed to create a safer and more transparent digital space.
Digital Markets Act
EU Regulation introducing rules for the largest online platforms which act as “gatekeepers” between business users and end users.
AI Act
Proposal for an EU Regulation for AI systems introducing EU-wide minimum requirements and obligations for providers, users, end-product manufacturers, importers and distributors of AI systems.
AI Liability Directive
Proposal for an EU Directive introducing new rules specific to damages caused by AI systems, intending to ensure that persons harmed by AI systems enjoy the same level of protection as persons harmed by other technologies in the EU (AI Liability Directive).
DSM Directive
EU Directive aiming to adjust copyright law to the necessities of a digital society.
European Media Freedom Act
Proposal for an European Regulation aiming to strengthen media independence and media pluralism in the EU.
eIDAS 2.0
Proposal for an EU Regulation amending the existing eIDAS Regulation to promote trusted digital identities to all Europeans by introducing a Digital ID-Wallet and rules to enable the evidential admissibility of electronic ledgers like blockchains.
Like other parts of the EU Digital Strategy, also the Data Act reaffirms the supremacy of data protection laws, ensuring that…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Elisabeth Pferschy, Estella Dannhausen
In an earlier blog (here) we dissected the copyright framework for text and data mining under the EU Copyright Directive (Dir…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Oliver Talhoff, Matthias Hofer
Background AI is transforming industries. Companies around the world are accelerating their organisational pace to adapt and …
Author(s): Thomas Mollnhuber
The EU Data Act has brought a new rule for businesses. Chapter V requires that businesses share their data with the governmen…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Tina Fokter Cuvan
We are going through what is known as the third major global economic wave at an unprecedented pace. This wave is driven by t…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Carolina Costa, Ludwig Hartenau
The EU Data Act came into force on 11 January 2024. While its provisions will not be applicable for a while yet, businesses w…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Ludwig Hartenau, Tina Fokter Cuvan
The EU Data Act, being a key pillar of the European Data Strategy, came into force on 11 January 2024. It aims at creating a …
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Tina Fokter Cuvan, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Estella Dannhausen
While the Digital Services Act (DSA) has been applicable already to providers of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christina Moellnitz
The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee on AI (CAI) recently published a revised draft ‘Framework Convention on Artificial Inte…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Adam Gillert, Julia Utzerath, Björn Lambrenos
Even though the competence of the EU to regulate media freedom and media pluralism was the subject of a heated debate and des…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Victor Garcia Lopez, Julia Utzerath
Introduction After more than two years of discussions and an intense final trilogue negotiation between the three EU institu…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Victor Garcia Lopez, Julia Utzerath
This week Freshfields published an annual review of the top trends we expect to impact the data landscape in 2024 and beyond….
Author(s): Christine Lyon, Giles Pratt, Christoph Werkmeister
Recently, the legislative bodies of the EU reached a provisional agreement on a new ‘Regulation on harmonised rules on fair a…
Author(s): Philipp Sebulke, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen
The EU’s approach to AI and liability: a broadening of legislation? The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recently a…
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Enrico Castellani, Giuseppe Curtò, Laura Bellezza
The EU Commission’s proposal in May, 2022 for a regulation to create a European Health Data Space (EHDS) sparked significant …
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Vinita Kailasanath
Introduction AI systems, in particular foundation models used for generative AI applications, require training. Conducting su…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Oliver Talhoff, Matthias Hofer
Last month, an expert roundtable took place convened by Freshfields’ EU Regulatory & Public Affairs team based in Brussels, t…
Author(s): Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Christoph Werkmeister, Victor Garcia Lopez
No 3 of our blog post series on the Digital Services Act: The DSA’s liability regime (Chapter II) With the third post of our…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Lena Hanke
Few endeavours on the EU’s agenda have attracted as much attention as the potential introduction of a retail central bank dig…
Author(s): Eva Schneider, Natalie Pettinger Kearney, Claire Harrop, Stephan Pachinger, Daniel Klingenbrunn
No 2 of our blog post series on the Digital Services Act: General obligations for all intermediary services This blog post t…
Author(s): Estella Dannhausen, Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Lena Hanke
Today, the European Parliament has adopted its position on the AI Act. In plenary session, MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favou…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Victor Garcia Lopez
Speedread Last week, we reported that the European Parliament is pushing forward with the adoption of the Artificial Intellig…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Giles Pratt, Matthias Hofer, Alexandra Morgan
The public view on crypto-assets ranges from the holy grail of disintermediation in financial services to mere scam. Regardle…
Author(s): Daniel Klingenbrunn, Alexander Glos, Jan Struckmann
More than two years after the adoption of the European Commission’s proposal on an AI Act (see our briefing here), the Europe…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Satya Staes Polet, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Victor Garcia Lopez
No 1 of our blogpost series: ‘Very large online platforms’ and ‘very large online search engines’ – how are they designated a…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Lutz Riede, Laura Knoke, Lena Hanke
The proposed Data Act is best known for its far-reaching data sharing obligations related to smart products. Arguably, less a…
Author(s): Estella Dannhausen, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has brought and will continue to bring transformative changes t…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Vinita Kailasanath
In brief: The EU legislators have now reached agreement on the final text of the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)…
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Hannah Walker Gore, Victor Garcia Lopez, Rachel Duffy
The UK government has published a white paper outlining its approach to the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The w…
Author(s): Rachael Annear, Andrew Austin, Claudia Chan, Adam Gillert, Hannah Walker Gore, Maxwell Smith, Haris Ismail
The Data Act was initially proposed by the European Commission in February 2022 as the second legislative pillar of the EU’s …
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid, Pablo Artero Lines, Michael Schwaab
Up till now, the reactions to the European Commission’s (Commission) proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) have no…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Katharina-Sophia Rieger, Eugene McQuaid
2022 was a year full of challenges for global businesses, and in particular in the realm of data protection regulation in the…
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Michael Schwaab, Annabelle Hamelin
Introduction Generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’) tools are algorithms than can be used to generate new content, includ…
Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Maxwell Smith, Katie Hyewon Sa, Claudia Chan, Adam Gillert
Today, the Digital Services Act (the “DSA”) has been formally signed into law by the presidents of the European Parliament a…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Julia Utzerath
Stressing the role of free press President of the European Commission von der Leyen commented as follows in her 2021 State of…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Laura Knoke, Katharina-Sophia Rieger
The EU is rapidly driving its Digital Strategy forward. One of its key pillars is the Data Act – designed to facilitate indus…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Lutz Riede, Julia Utzerath
On 28 September 2022, the European Commission published its draft for a new Directive on liability issues related to the use …
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Victor Garcia Lopez
The European Commission proposed a Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) on 15 September 2022 aimed at protecting consumers and business…
Author(s): Julia Utzerath, Theresa Ehlen, Christoph Werkmeister, Eugene McQuaid
As part of the EU Strategy for Data, the Data Act is intended to be a landmark piece of legislation, creating a horizontal f…
Author(s): Gernot Fritz, Estella Dannhausen, Ludwig Hartenau
In April 2021, the EU Commission published a draft regulation on artificial intelligence. Since then, numerous opinions have …
Author(s): Alexander Bothe, Christoph Werkmeister
On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament approved—by an overwhelming majority—the final text of the Digital Markets Act (DMA),…
Author(s): Sharon Malhi, Sascha Schubert, Tone Oeyen, Eugene McQuaid, Rikki Haria, Konstantin Bondarenko
In December 2020, the European Commission presented the legislative proposal for the Digital Services Act (DSA). Together wit…
Author(s): Theresa Ehlen, Christina Moellnitz, Eugene McQuaid
Christel Schaldemose, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the Digital Services Act (DSA), said that with the DSA “we are …
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Tobias Timmann, Philipp Sebulke
The Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is currently one of the hot topics in the industry. As previously outlined in this blogpost,…
Author(s): Christina Moellnitz, Theresa Ehlen
The EU is rapidly driving its Digital Strategy forward. Read our blog series to understand how the Digital Services Act will …
Author(s): Julia Utzerath, Eugene McQuaid
On 3 May 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the so-called European Health Data Space (E…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Katharina Reinhardt
About two years ago the European Union presented a vision for the digital future of the EU. This ambitious programme includes…
Author(s): Alex Schmidtke, Christoph Werkmeister
After more than a year of negotiations, three trilogues and significant debate, the European Commission (the Commission), Eur…
Author(s): Sharon Malhi, Sascha Schubert, Thomas Lübbig, Konstantin Bondarenko, Koo Asakura, Ole Schley
According to a leaked draft legislative proposal by the European Commission, which is expected to be officially published thi…
Author(s): Philipp Roos, Christoph Werkmeister, Michael Ramb
Data Access at the Crossroads On 23 February 2022, the European Commission officially published its draft of the forthcoming …
Author(s): Uta Itzen, Christoph Werkmeister, Rikki Haria, Vera Ibes, Ole Schley
Like us, those interested in data regulation have most likely earmarked February 23, 2022 in their calendars, as the date of …
Author(s): Vera Ibes
On 19 July 2021, the European Commission (EC) launched the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud. The Allianc…
Author(s): Corinna Wiedenmann, Christoph Werkmeister
2020 marked the start of the EU’s regulatory advance into the areas of online platforms and big data with the publication of …
Author(s): Alicja Klosok
Article 17 of the EU Digital Single Markets (DSM) Directive (‘the Directive’) sparked a heated public debate far beyond the u…
Author(s): Oliver Talhoff
Developments in the world of data protection are unceasing. Let’s have a look at the top five European trends we see for the …
Author(s): Annabelle Hamelin, Michael Schwaab
Slightly later than anticipated, the European Commission published its long-awaited legislative package, comprising the Digit…
Author(s): Michael Evans
The European Commission presented its widely heralded legislative proposals on regulating the role of so-called “gatekeeper” …
Author(s): Koo Asakura, Sharon Malhi, Rikki Haria
On 25 November 2020 and coinciding with the publication of its proposal for a Data Governance Act, the EU Commission has publ…
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Matthias Koch
The European Commission (EC) has taken an all-important first step in implementing its European Data Strategy, which was anno…
Author(s): Cosmas Weigel
What should we expect? The legal framework for digital services in the EU has been largely unchanged since the adoption of th…
Author(s): Michael Evans
With 1 million businesses already selling goods and services via online platforms across the EU’s internal market, large onli…
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