On Thursday 15 June, the EU Member States unanimously adopted the second report on the implementation of the security toolbox for 5G technology. On the basis of this report, the European Commission has deemed the decisions taken by ten countries to restrict or completely exclude Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE from their 5G networks to be in line with this toolbox.
The provisions of the toolbox, adopted in January 2020 (see EUROPE B12414A7), recommended, among...