EuroISPA publishes its Vision for the EU mandate 2024-2029

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EuroISPA is excited to publish its Vision for the 2024–2029 EU Mandate, a strategic document that outlines a clear, actionable roadmap to strengthen Europe’s digital resilience, competitiveness and innovation.

In a time of rapid technological evolution and increasing global competition, Europe must pivot from being a “regulatory hyperscaler” to a continent that fosters investment, entrepreneurship and forward-looking policymaking. Our Vision identifies six key strategic priorities:

  1. Completing the Digital Single Market to reduce fragmentation and scale innovation.
  2. Simplifying regulation to empower disruption and reduce compliance burdens, especially for SMEs.
  3. Building secure and resilient digital infrastructure that supports technologies like AI and quantum computing.
  4. Defending European rights and democratic values, including strong privacy and encryption protections.
  5. Maintaining openness to global cooperation while safeguarding strategic autonomy.
  6. Advancing the green transition through smart digital sustainability and energy efficiency.

EuroISPA and its members remain committed to working closely with EU institutions and stakeholders to help shape a digital Europe that is open, competitive and aligned with core democratic principles.

Read the full Vision for 2024–2029 here: EuroISPA Vision for the EU mandate 2024-2029

EuroISPA Response to the Digital Networks Act Call for Evidence

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EuroISPA contributed to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) and emphasises the importance of a transparent, inclusive and proportionate approach to reforming the EU’s electronic communications framework.

EuroISPA’s key messages:

  • Defining limits to harmonise access regulation and network transition: Harmonised access products must remain optional and copper switch-off plans must reflect national readiness and diversity.
  • Advancing harmonisation and simplification: Simplification must lower administrative burdens without compromising national flexibility or increasing regulatory overlap.
  • Enabling technology-neutral connectivity framework: A level playing field for fibre, wireless and satellite is essential to closing the digital divide.
  • Aligning environmental legislations with existing EU frameworks: Environmental rules should align with existing horizontal ESG frameworks, avoiding telecom-specific duplication.
  • Distinguishing consumer protection from enterprise services: Enterprise and public sector services should be exempt from consumer protection rules due to their bespoke nature.
  • Ensuring proportional and non-redundant governance structures: Knowledge sharing is welcome, but expanded EU-level powers must respect the principle of subsidiarity.
  • Focusing on demand-side gaps and digital skills: Efforts should address adoption barriers and digital skills rather than expanding costly Universal Service Obligations.
  • Maintaining a consistent commitment to net neutrality: Net neutrality must remain a cornerstone of the open internet and be upheld without reinterpretation or compromise.

Read the full response to the European Commission here.

EuroISPA Letter to the European Commission on e-Evidence

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In this letter to the European Commission, EuroISPA shares some key concerns, open questions and requests for clarification on the implementation of the e-Evidence Regulation and Directive, in anticipation of the upcoming implementing acts and the operationalisation of the decentralised IT system.

  • Clarify legal scope and applicability: EuroISPA calls for clear guidance on how the Regulation and Directive apply to service providers operating only within one Member State, especially to ensure legal certainty for smaller companies.
  • Ensure technical security and process integrity: Mandatory end-to-end encryption (E2EE), verified authentication of issuing authorities and provider-specific input fields are essential to safeguard data and streamline operations.
  • Define realistic implementation timelines: EuroISPA stresses the need for a clear roadmap, adequate lead times and technical support to avoid delays and operational disruptions during the transition to the decentralised IT system.
  • Provide fair and transparent cost reimbursement: The framework should cover both initial and ongoing compliance costs, with harmonised, accessible mechanisms for service providers to recover expenses and enforce payment.
  • Anticipate and manage request volumes: The Commission should publish request volume forecasts and engage continuously with ISPs to prepare for potential surges in legal data access requests.
  • Uphold fundamental rights: Strong safeguards, data minimisation, procedural clarity and full transparency must be upheld throughout implementation, especially to prevent over-reliance on emergency measures.

Read the full letter to the European Commission here.

EuroISPA’s contribution on Data Retention

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EuroISPA contributed to the Call for Evidence of the European Commission on Data Retention.

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EuroISPA’s contribution to the Targeted Public Consultation on the Guidelines for the Protection of Minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA, Article 28)

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EuroISPA contributed to the online survey of the European Commission on the guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act.

In addition to the answers provided in the online survey of the European Commission, EuroISPA would like to emphasise on the following keypoints:

  • The non-binding nature of guidelines: The DSA guidelines should remain advisory and not introduce new legal obligations, ensuring flexibility for platforms to implement tailored, technology-neutral solutions.
  • The flexible age assurance methods: Platforms should retain freedom to use a variety of proven age verification tools, including AI and self-declaration, without mandating intrusive or identity-revealing systems.
  • The clear boundaries between DSA Articles 28 and 34: Guidelines should avoid overlapping obligations between general safety measures for minors and the specific risk assessments required of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs).
  • The enhanced minors’ rights in parental controls: Platforms should provide minors with safeguards and complaint mechanisms against misuse of guardian tools, and support account-based parental controls for better, remote, and consistent protection.
  • The EU-level parental control framework: A harmonised EU framework for parental control tools is needed to ensure consistency, foster innovation, and avoid market fragmentation across Member States.

Read more here.

Joint industry statement on the Digital Fairness Act: A call for competitiveness-driven policy

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EuroISPA, together with other industry associations, is urging the European Commission to maintain a targeted, evidence-based approach when considering further regulatory interventions; to undergo a thorough assessment of the potential impact on the economy and businesses before introducing further regulatory measures; and to explore alternative avenues, such as improving enforcement of European consumer protection rules.

Read the joint statement

EuroISPA Contribution to the Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events

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EuroISPA contributed to the Call for Evidence aimed at assessing the Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events.

Key positions for EuroISPA :

  • Expansion of the “Know Your Business Partner” principle
  • Caution against the setting up of removal obligations for intermediaries within timeframes that prevent proper examination of disputed content
  • Measures against over-blocking as a way of tackling online piracy
  • The need to maintain a safe and open Internet
  • Cost reimbursements for service providers in burdensome cases
  • Implementation of DSA in priority

Read more here.

Joint industry call for Putting Simplification into Action: a Code of Practice for Europe’s AI Continent Ambitions

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As the European Commission finalises the Code of Practice for General Purpose AI Models, EuroISPA, together with other industry associations, is calling EU policymakers to uphold the principles of regulatory simplification in the final Code of Practice, by removing unnecessarily complex and burdensome requirements.

A pro-innovation Code will send a strong signal to the EU’s AI ecosystem and to investors and ultimately create the conditions for Europe to truly become the AI Continent.

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Joint industry call for allowing the continuation of current Child Sexual Abuse detention practices

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Together with other industry associations, EuroISPA is calling on EU Member States to allow the continuation of current Child Sexual Abuse detection practices.

Building on our previous joint statement welcoming the extension of the temporary ePrivacy Directive derogation, we reaffirm that proactive measures against CSA have been instrumental in protecting children online over the past decade.

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EuroISPA signs open letter in response to the Going Dark report

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As part of our response to the High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement (HLG “Going Dark”), and following our reaction to their 42 recommendations, we raise our concerns about the HLG’s final report, together with a broad coalition of civil society groups, industry and professional associations,

As a matter of fact, the group recently presented recommendations that could pose a substantial threat to digital security and privacy for the EU and its citizens.

An EU security policy fit for the digital age must address the challenges we face today. Secure communications and legal certainty are imperative for citizens and law enforcement alike. In the light of potential threats by criminals, foreign state-sponsored agencies and even some authoritarian actors within the EU, people expect the institutions to prioritise policies that protect their IT-security and fundamental rights. That is why we recommend:

  • Support a safe, trustworthy and diversified digital ecosystem. Citizens need technology that empowers them instead of putting them at risk.
  • Ensure the security and confidentiality of digital spaces because the possibility for people to exercise their fundamental rights depend on it.
  • Uphold the right to privacy and inviolability of protected information. This is required by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and case law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights.
Read the open letter

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