ITI Outlines Guidance for EU Spanish Council Presidency on Key Innovation Policies
BRUSSELS – Today, global tech trade association ITI, the Information Technology Industry Council, published a set of comprehensive recommendations (opens in a new tab) to the incoming Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union urging the presidency to encourage innovation, preserve an open and competitive single market, and foster Europe’s digital leadership. ITI’s recommendations address key EU initiatives like the AI Act, the Data Act, the Cyber Resilience Act, and more.
“As Europe continues to lead the globe in critical tech policy discussions, it’s increasingly important that the Spanish Presidency promotes approaches based on trust and cooperation with international like-minded democratic partners,” said Jason Oxman, ITI President and CEO. “Focusing on pro-innovation regulation will be key to strengthening the EU’s global competitiveness. To that end, the Spanish Presidency must work with all industry stakeholders, and ensure proper, systematic in-depth assessments of the impact of legislation on competitive conditions in the market and innovation. ITI supports the Spanish Presidency’s focus on cultivating an enabling environment for technologies like AI and safeguarding Europe’s global competitiveness and security.”
To support the upcoming presidency’s development and implementation of its digital agenda, ITI recommends the Spanish Presidency:
- Progress towards a risk-based and innovation-friendly AI Act;
- Ensure liability rules for AI and software are balanced and pro-innovation;
- Prioritize clarity and feasibility of new rules in the EU Data Act;
- Narrow the scope of the Cyber Resilience Act and ensure alignment with existing rules;
- Remove sovereignty requirements that are politically motivated and do not add value to cybersecurity of cloud services in the EU;
- Swiftly adopt of the EU-US DPF to establish legal certainty; and
- Support the EU-U.S. TTC efforts to strengthen transatlantic partnership and leadership; and more.
Read ITI’s full policy recommendations for the EU Spanish Presidency here (opens in a new tab).