The European Parliament and the French Presidency of the Council of the EU were due to launch the first inter-institutional negotiation meeting (trilogue) on the resilience of critical entities directive on 31 January after the Council of the EU adopted its mandate in December (see EUROPE 12857/5).
The proposed directive covers critical entities in nine sectors: energy, transport, banking, financial market infrastructure, health, drinking water, waste water, digital infrastructure and space.
It recommends that Member States have a strategy to strengthen the resilience of critical entities in several scenarios, such as pandemics or natural disasters, and not only in the context of terrorist attacks. It requires them to carry out a risk assessment at least every 4 years and to identify critical entities that provide essential services.
The proposed directive also establishes rules for the identification of critical entities of particular European importance. A critical entity will be considered of particular European importance when it provides an essential service to or in more than one third of the Member States, according to the EU Council.
The European Parliament adopted its position in October (see EUROPE 12810/15). A ‘four-column’ table presenting the respective positions of the institutions indicates, among other things, differences in approach in the definition of the critical entities covered, the role of national authorities, the time limit for reporting detected incidents or information to the public.
Link to the table: https://aeur.eu/f/3p (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)