Tag: European Union
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December 6, 2018
CCIA Urges European Parliament to Take Effective, Proportionate Approach to Tackle Terrorist Content Online
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Council adopted a general approach on the draft Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online today. This agreement importantly includes an o...
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December 6, 2018
European Parliament Committee Adopts Position on ‘Platform-to-Business’ Regulation
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) adopted its draft report on the ‘platform-to-business’ Regulation. The text will form the ...
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December 4, 2018
New EU Digital Tax Proposal Raises New Concerns, Broad Support for Global Reform
Brussels, BELGIUM -- European Finance Ministers were unable to decide on the EU Digital Services tax (DST) proposal at today’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting due to a last-minute Fre...
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December 4, 2018
CCIA, Tech Trade Associations Raise Concerns About Europe’s Terrorist Content Online Proposal
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association along with 8 other tech trade associations today sent an open letter to European Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs. The ...
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December 3, 2018
European Finance Ministers Should Focus on Global Tax Reform, Not Unilateral Actions
Brussels, BELGIUM -- European Finance Ministers are meeting in Brussels tomorrow, Tuesday, for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting where they will consider the EU Digital Servi...
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November 29, 2018
EU Member States Reach Political Agreement on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ Regulation
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today EU Member States reached a political agreement on the Council’s position on the ‘platform-to-business’ (P2B) Regulation. The adoption of the so-called ‘general app...
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November 20, 2018
CCIA Submits Comments On Copyright Directive To EU Institutions
Brussels, BELGIUM -- CCIA and trade associations from across the EU submitted comments on the copyright Directive proposal to EU institutions, to highlight some key nuances, which we believe should ...
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November 7, 2018
CCIA Calls For An EU-U.S. CLOUD Act Framework Agreement
Brussels -- On November 8-9, an EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial meeting will address, among other issues, cross-border law enforcement access to digital evidence for the purpose of crimin...
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November 1, 2018
CCIA Welcomes Election of First Woman To Serve As One of ITU’s Top Elected Officials
Washington -- Doreen Bogdan-Martin has just been elected Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of International Telecommunications Union. She will become the first woman to serve as one...
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October 19, 2018
CCIA Welcomes EU-US Privacy Shield Review
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the second joint EU-U.S. Privacy Shield review which took place on Thursday and Friday this week.
The Privacy Shi...
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October 16, 2018
Google Introduces Changes to Android to Comply with Commission Competition Decision
Brussels, BELGIUM -- While Google is appealing the European Commission’s Android decision, it announced changes to contractual terms today to comply with the decision. The changes will specifically ...