In a letter of recommendation published on 8 May, the CCIA (the Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose members are mainly American) details a series of policy guidelines that it considers to be essential in the areas of digital technology, innovation and economic regulation, for the attention of the future Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, due to begin at the beginning of July.
The digital lobby is not deviating from its usual line: the CCIA insists that the EU should refrain from imposing excessive regulatory burdens and wants to see “rigorous” impact assessments before any new regulation.
The future ‘Digital Fairness Act’, which is intended to close gaps in online consumer protection (see EUROPE 13497/6), is particularly criticised.
The CCIA recommends “postponing” its implementation, on the grounds that the issues in question are already covered by existing regulations.
It believes that this new legislation will “burden” the regulatory framework and “fragment” the European market.
“Rather than creating new laws, the focus should be on more consistent enforcement of existing ones and clarifying how they apply”, insists the lobby, which had already publicly opposed the draft reform of European telecommunications when it was presented in 2024 (see EUROPE 13412/14).
See recommendations: https://aeur.eu/f/grr (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)