Computer & Communication Industry Association
PublishedOctober 9, 2018

CCIA Tech Industry Delegation Meets Incoming Romania EU Presidency

Bucharest, Romania – The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet Romanian Ministers in Bucharest this Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of the upcoming Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU. CCIA Europe will also present its EU tech policy recommendations.

Romania will take over the Council Presidency from Austria on January 1, 2019 and will chair negotiations on key EU legislative proposals from copyright to ePrivacy to digital taxation.

The following can be attributed to CCIA Europe Vice President Christian Borggreen:

“The Romanian Presidency will chair negotiations that will impact Europe’s digitising economy for years to come. We are offering Romanian Ministers our recommendations for how Europe can successfully embrace the digital transformation to the benefit of governments, companies and consumers.”

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