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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12536
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Cybersecurity

Commission's Joint Research Centre raises idea of liability obligations for companies

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's in-house scientific service, published on Friday 24 July an analysis of the challenges and issues surrounding cybersecurity, including the idea of legislating to hold companies accountable for breaches of their cybersecurity obligations.

Entitled ‘Cybersecurity: our digital anchor. A European perspective’, this more than 100-page document examines the growth of cybersecurity over the past 40 years and identifies areas where the...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: In support of an EU ‘Zero Racism’ pact (1/4)
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY/BUDGET: interview with José Manuel Fernandes - “We want to strengthen the envelopes of the European programmes” of the MFF 2021-2027 reduced by the European Council
ECONOMY/BUDGET: EU Council hopes to adopt texts on Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF this week
STATE AID: Commission authorises Czech aid of €866 million in context of coronavirus
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECONOMY/BUDGET: Kristalina Georgieva welcomes agreement on recovery plan
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: green conditionality of agreement on post-Covid-19 recovery plan remains unclear
WOMEN: EU and Council of Europe condemn Poland’s decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
JUSTICE: anti-money laundering measures must not be at the expense of data protection, says Wojciech Wiewiórowski
JUSTICE: EDPS provides initial analysis of Schrems II judgment that invalidated Privacy Shield
CYBERSECURITY: Commission's Joint Research Centre raises idea of liability obligations for companies
REGIONS: European Commission calls for interregional innovation projects
COMPANIES: launch of new European measures to support micro-enterprises and social enterprises
HEALTH: despite further predicted delays, Commission publishes further clarifications on implementation of Clinical Trials Regulation
FOOD SAFETY: new foods, public consultation on draft rules for authorisation requests
TRANSPORT: calls for Commission to extend public consultation on its strategy for sustainable and intelligent mobility
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOMALIA: Josep Borrell denounces vote of no-confidence against Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire
BAHRAIN: around 50 MEPs urge King to pardon 12 people sentenced to death
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: World’s five largest IP offices want to further facilitate access to patents to combat coronavirus
CLIMATE: Czech citizens plan to file complaint in autumn against their government for climate inaction
HUNGARY: following collective resignation of editorial staff of premier news website, Commission promises to settle a 2016 complaint related to media pluralism
INDUSTRY: half of batteries sold in European Union were collected for recycling in 2018, according to Eurostat
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office, EU Council formally appoints 22 European Prosecutors
KYRGYZSTAN: EU denounces Azimjan Askarov’s death in prison
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, Iraq to benefit from EU humanitarian airlift and €35 million in emergency aid
TANZANIA: EU expresses its condolences to Tanzanian people on death of former President Benjamin William Mkapa