Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Added4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

Added5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Added6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 6(3), Article 7(2), Article 12(8) or Article 13(7) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by [two months] at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

AddedCommittee procedure

Added1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Digital Europe Programme Coordination Committee established by Regulation (EU) 2021/694. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 182/2011.

Added2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 182/2011 shall apply.

AddedEntry into force

AddedThis Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

AddedDone at Strasbourg,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedRegulation (EU) 2021/694 is amended as follows:

AddedIn Annex I, the section/ chapter ‘Specific Objective 3 – Cybersecurity and Trust’ is replaced by the following:

Added‘Specific Objective 3 – Cybersecurity and Trust

AddedThe Programme shall stimulate the reinforcement, building and acquisition of essential capacities to secure the Union’s digital economy, society and democracy by reinforcing the Union cybersecurity industrial potential and competitiveness, as well as by improving capabilities of both the private and public sectors to protect citizens and businesses from cyber threats, including by supporting the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/1148.

AddedInitial and, where appropriate, subsequent actions under this objective shall include:

AddedCo-investment with Member States in advanced cybersecurity equipment, infrastructures and knowhow that are essential to protect critical infrastructures and the Digital Single Market at large. Such co-investment could include investments in quantum facilities and data resources for cybersecurity, situational awareness in cyberspace including National SOCs and Cross-border SOCs forming the European Cyber Shield, as well as other tools to be made available to public and private sector across Europe.

AddedScaling up existing technological capacities and networking the competence centres in Member States and making sure that those capacities respond to public sector and industry needs, including through products and services that reinforce cybersecurity and trust within the Digital Single Market.

AddedEnsuring wide deployment of effective state-of-the-art cybersecurity and trust solutions across the Member States. Such deployment includes strengthening the security and safety of products, from their design to their commercialisation.

AddedSupport closing the cybersecurity skills gap, with a particular focus on achieving gender balance in the sector by, for example, aligning cybersecurity skills programmes, adapting them to specific sectorial needs, including an interdisciplinary and general focus and facilitating access to targeted specialised training to enable all persons and territories, without prejudice to the possibility of benefiting from the opportunities provided by this Regulation.

Added5. Promoting solidarity among Member States in preparing for and responding to significant cybersecurity incidents through deployment of cybersecurity services across borders, including support for mutual assistance between public authorities and the establishment of a reserve of trusted managed security service providers at Union level.’;

AddedIn Annex II the section/chapter ‘Specific Objective 3 – Cybersecurity and Trust’ is replaced by the following:

Added‘Specific Objective 3 – Cybersecurity and Trust

AddedThe number of cybersecurity infrastructure, or tools, or both jointly procured as part of the Cybersecurity Shield.

AddedThe number of users and user communities getting access to European cybersecurity facilities

AddedThe number, type, costs and impact of actions carried out supporting preparedness and response to cybersecurity incidents under the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism. The extent to which recommendations of preparedness tests have been implemented and carried out by the user as well as the mean time for the Commission to acknowledge, the EU Cybersecurity Reserve to respond, and the user to recover from incidents.’