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European Regional Bureau Newsletter: 30 June – 07 July 2017
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Pressure on EP rapporteur of the European Electronic Communications Code</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">During the past European Parliament plenary session (July 3-6), some of the most active players in the EU telecoms scene (Telecoms operators, OTTs, national representatives etc.) gathered to try to influence MEP Pilar Del Castillo (EPP, ES), rapporteur of the European Electronic Communications Code. Del Castillo is crafting political compromises on her draft proposal on telecoms reform for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 11, shadow rapporteurs in ITRE will meet to discuss compromise amendments on a number of issues including investment and regulators’ power over oligopolies.</span>            <p style="text-align:justify">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Telecoms Ministers still divided on spectrum ahead of Tallinn meeting</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The EU competitiveness and Telecoms Ministers meet in Tallinn on July 17-18. a leaked drat</span> <a href="http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/POLITICO_draft-joint-declaration-ministers-tallinn-spectrum-telecoms-5G.pdf?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=af5b0aa343-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-af5b0aa343-189623937"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">ministerial declaration</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> provides relatively broad principles on which they would agree to act.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The document states “the Ministers are committed to undertake together all required efforts in order to make available appropriate and sufficient radio spectrum in a timely way and leverage the full potential of 5G”. However, it does not mention specifics on more controversial issues (e.g. the duration of spectrum licenses).</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">In a</span> <a href="http://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/POLITICO_telecoms-discussion-paper-tallinn-ministerial-spectrum.pdf?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=af5b0aa343-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-af5b0aa343-189623937"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">discussion paper</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">, which lists the points on which Ministers agree on, the Estonian Presidency challenges them to cooperate more on spectrum and do what is required to support 5G rollout in the EU.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Ministers will also discuss the future of the data economy (free flow of data and data localization).</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society is</span> <a href="http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/CM-3584-2017-INIT/en/pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on July 13. The WP will discuss the proposal the European Electronic Communications Code (Spectrum) and examine the new Presidency text.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">This meeting will feed into the preparations for the meeting of Telecoms Ministers (mentioned above) on July 17-18. EU Member States are still divided regarding their positions on spectrum. However in general they oppose the efforts of the European Commission to impose greater harmonisation and coordination of spectrum management, which many Member States see as interfering with their competences.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: 83 groups and eminent individuals ask Five Eyes Ministers not to weaken encryption</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On June 30, 83 groups sent a</span> <a href="http://dl.cryptoaustralia.org.au/Coalition+Letter+to+5eyes+Govs.pdf?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=83cecf84a5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-83cecf84a5-189746689"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">joint letter</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> to the Ministers of the Five Eyes security community (United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia) to emphasize the importance of national policies that encourage the development and use of strong encryption. The letter was sent after a meeting of national agency officials from the five states to discuss plans to press technology firms to share encrypted data with security agencies.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The signatories of the letter called the Ministers to “respect their right to use strong encryption and pursue any additional dialogue in a transparent forum with public participation.”</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">UK: Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet briefed on cybersecurity</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 4, UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet was briefed on measures the government is putting in place to protect the country from cyberattacks, following a wave of incidents affecting British organizations in the past months.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) aims at keeping close ties with the EU on data protection. In its</span> <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/2014356/international-strategy-03.pdf?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=3c41a692f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-3c41a692f3-189644601"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">International Strategy 2017-2021</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">, ICO emphasized the uncertainty presented by Brexit, including whether UK citizens’ data will be able to travel to the EU and how privacy protections in the rest of the world will be managed. The ICO wants to see a data transfer deal between the two parties under which privacy in the UK would be equally protected as under EU law.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov’s</span> <a href="http://politico.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e26c1a1c392386a968d02fdbc&id=b5b8c89b42&e=503801d566"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">post</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on Facebook, on July 4, the Ukrainian cyber police prevented another malware attack.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Last week malware dubbed “NotPetya” spread worldwide having originally hit Ukraine systems.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Employees of the Ukrainian company which may have inadvertently spread the massive virus outbreak could now face criminal charges, accused of having aided the attack.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU:  Estonian Presidency presented its programme at the European Parliament Plenary</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 5, the European Parliament Plenary heard from the Council and Commission on the</span> <a href="https://www.eu2017.ee/news/insights/speech"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">programme of activities</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> of the Estonian Presidency.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia, listed the four priorities that the Estonian Presidency will focus on over the next 6 months. These include a digital Europe and the free movement of data, which is considered to be the “5</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light';vertical-align:super">th</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> freedom in the EU”. According to the PM, it is fundamental to improve the interoperability of information systems, data protection, and the quality of data exchange.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Single Market, was also present. Welcoming the new presidency, he stressed the importance of investing in the digital future, and strengthening cybersecurity.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 5, JeffreyChester, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), a leading US based NGO specializing in consumer data protection issues in the digital marketplace, has called for the European Commission to terminate the Privacy Shield agreement, saying the US hasn’t held up its end of the bargain.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">In a</span> <a href="http://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/privacy-shield-letter.pdf?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=fcd7eacdd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-fcd7eacdd8-189644601"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">letter</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> addressed to Bruno Gencarelli, Head of the Unit for data protection at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, he outlined “the failure of the US to have its own effective legal privacy framework and the failure of Privacy Shield participants not only to disclose their practices but also to ensure that they fully respect the EU approach to data protection”.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The EU and the US will start the first annual review of Privacy Shield in September. The pact, which gives companies legal protections as they move data between the two countries, was formalized last July.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On 6 July, the European Union and Japan reached a</span> <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1927_en.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">political agreement</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on a free-trade deal. However, this deal does not include specifics on data flows.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Following months of talks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe signed a </span> <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-1917_en.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">joint (and non-binding) statement</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> that “the free flow of information is a fundamental principle to promote the global economy” and they have promised a transfer deal for personal data,  including through a simultaneous finding of an adequate level of protection by both sides, by early 2018.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: MEP suggests hearing with Larry Page while Commission moves forward on Google Android antitrust case</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">MEP Ramón Tremosa (ALDE, ES) — a strong supporter of the €2.4 billion fine on Google — will ask the European Parliament’s Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), and on the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs (IMCO), to invite Google founder Larry Page for a hearing. According to MEP Tremosa, Mr Page would not need to discuss the Google antitrust case, but could discuss his views on Europe’s economy and tech scene.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">In the meanwhile, another Google antitrust case, on</span> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cfm?proc_code=1_40099"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Android</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">, seems to be moving forward. According to</span> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-google-antitrust-exclusive-idUSKBN19Q1RU?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=3abac136d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-3abac136d7-189644601"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">some sou</span>                <a name="_GoBack">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">GSMA, the association representing mobile operators worldwide, and ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association, have released a</span> <a href="https://etno.eu/datas/positions-papers/2017/GSMA_ETNO_Position__ePrivacyRegulation.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">joint position</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation, now being discussed in the European Parliament.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The GSMA and ETNO are calling for the EU to consider the following areas to ensure the end result strengthens consumer trust and encourages digital innovation. They recommend modifying the ePR to provide electronic communications service providers with greater flexibility to use data responsibly, and urge that further compatible processing is permitted, provided that privacy risks are mitigated through safeguards such as pseudonymisation.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The two believe the ePR should protect the confidentiality of consumers' communications, avoiding inconsistency with the General Data Protection Regulation, which will come into force in 2018.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: European Commission suggests digital issues for the top of the G20 agenda</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 4, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk have sent a </span> <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/attachment/STATEMENT-17-1909/en/Joint-letter-G20-Hamburg.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">joint letter</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> to EU Heads of State or Government, setting out the EU priorities for the G20 Summit which takes place on 7-8 July in Hamburg, Germany.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">“Tapping the potential of the digital revolution” is listed amongst the priorities for the G20 Summit. President Juncker and President Tusk want competition, free flowing information and proper privacy protection. The pair also said they would “underline the need to prepare for the profound impact of digitalisation and automation on labour”.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The two EU leaders also mentioned the need to combat terrorists’ misuse of the Internet.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Parliament confirms Mariya Gabriel as new Digital EU Commissioner</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On July 4, the European Parliament approved Mariya Gabriel’s nomination to be the next European Digital Commissioner with 517 votes in favour, 77 against and 89 abstention.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society will support the implementation of the Digital Single Market Strategy. Amongst other responsibilities, she will help to lay the groundwork for Europe’s digital future with EU-wide telecommunications networks, digital services that cross borders and innovative European start-ups.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">She will also contribute to projects coordinated by EU Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip, in charge of the Digital Single Market, and Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, in charge of Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness.</span>            <p class="list_paragraph" style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10.000000pt;margin-left:32.150000pt" awml:style="List Paragraph">
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