On Wednesday 24 April, MEPs validated (by 470 votes to 23, with 86 abstentions) the provisional agreement on the Cyber Solidarity Act reached by the co-legislators in March (see EUROPE 13365/2).
This regulation, proposed last year in April, was based on three pillars – detection, preparedness and response – in order to tackle the issue, urgent for the EU, of threats and incidents relating to the cybersecurity of its networks and infrastructure.
Following on from this, the Parliament also adopted (530 votes in favour, 5 against, 53 abstentions) the targeted amendment to the 2019 cybersecurity legislation, which aims to include European cybersecurity certification schemes for ‘managed security services’ within the scope of the Regulation (see EUROPE 13263/32).
The Cyber Solidarity Act must now be approved by the Member States before it can be published in the EU’s Official Journal and come into force. (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)