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In absence of an agreement, Member States asked to adopt a progress report on resilience of critical entities

Brussels, 03/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

While Member States have just reached an agreement on the Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive, they have not made as much progress on the Critical Entities Resilience Directive, which was also proposed in late 2020 (see EUROPE B12624A2).

The text aims to better protect essential infrastructure and services such as energy, transport, drinking water, and the digital sector from terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other unexpected events.

The directive requires local...