EU Policymakers · ATLAS
Manuel MATEO GOYET
European Commission · Acting Head of Unit · CNECT
What Manuel MATEO GOYET has said (3)
- “I wanted to speak last, but I guess the two questions were for me. Um, let me start with the second one on the cloud and AI Development Act. Um, so I take good note of your of your remarks, not only in this, but as well in the previous panel. Um, the, um, so your question was on the digital framework, um, published, um, scale. Um, so my colleagues from DG digital, um, published the um assessment grid or criteria that we'll use in the context of a specific grid. This was not meant to be a policy document, but more an exercise of transparency versus the way they will do it in a specific case. What is interesting is that it, um, it is sparking quite a bit of debate and useful feedback from all sides. Um, I think for the purposes of the cloud and AI Development Act, it shows that there's a demand from the public sector. Um, well, from my colleagues, but as well from the French and German authorities, as you will, the cyber authorities who decided to to work on, on on that question and building on, on the that example, which is only an example. Um, so it shows it's a there is a demand and the cloud and AI Development Act will build on this demand to make, um, proposals, obviously to have a more systematic, uh, usefulness. Um, on, on your specific question then whether the cloud and AI Development Act will define sovereignty. And I think you used the word of a framework around it. Um, the answer is very probably if you look at the, um, call for evidence, uh, that we received in response, sorry, the evidence we received in response to our call.”
EU digital & tech sovereignty · EU rules on digital competition
- “Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and dear honorable members and your colleagues. Good afternoon. I'm Manuel Matteo. I'm around the cloud and software unit in DG connect. Next slide please. Um, today's context is of course the Data Act. And I'll focus on standardization. But it's fair to say that the broader picture includes as well the complete fast, free and fluid ideas of facilitating cloud switching, to which two other important elements, in addition to standardization, are about switching costs, which should be progressively abolished, and that the Commission is monitoring and the legal feasibility or simplification of switching from one contract to another, for which the Commission adopted the couple of weeks ago. Standardized contractual clauses. To facilitate such cloud switching in between cloud operators, I overstepped a little bit. Otherwise on standards, the the the strict requirement of the of today's session to cover as well. Article 33. So we'll cover article 33 on the data flows. Sorry on the standardization of data spaces by the short name and then as well the standardization on of the cloud market. Um, next slide please on article 33. So the standardization of data spaces, um, I won't spend too much time in the sense that, uh, the colleagues from Sandsynligt just, um, confirm what I'm going to say just from the other side. Uh, we, uh, pursuant then to the Data Act, we adopted, uh, standardization request, uh, just before the summer. Um, the three standardization organizations are working on this. We received the first report some, uh, some days ago, and we're actively monitoring this. It's about translating the data into technical standards and the aspects of data spaces. Um, seven, um, Uh, standards should result from it. Uh, the first one expected by the, uh, 1st of June 26 and the subsequent ones until the end of 27.”
Promotion of open-source softwares · Interoperability requirements for digital platforms
- “This is something on which we are very eager to follow, and that we're actually monitoring very closely with our standardization organization partners. Um, next slide please. Uh, which is now moving into the article 35. And maybe to set back on screen the uh, the main vocabulary, um, so harmonized standards and open interoperability specifications should ultimately find their way in a European repository for interoperability of data processing services. So this is the schematics. And to differentiate, um, the two uh sources of documents that can find their place into the repository. Next slide please. My colleagues from Cenelec already mentioned the study that we've been conducting in my team. The study is completed since a few weeks. We're reviewing the results and should be publishing this study very soon. Um, the outcome, which I give you a sneak preview, uh, today, um, is that there were no existing harmonized standards that were identified. Um, conversely, around ten open specifications were looked at and half of them comply with the operational requirements of the standardisation regulation. And so those could be considered. Um, we. The ensuing work is, of course, to publish the the study, but then on the standard to launch a possible standardization request and then to move forward with the open specifications. The process in itself is written in the data act is a little bit complicated, but we'll overcome that, that difficulty. It notably includes a consultations again with the standardization organizations, with the industry and all stakeholders, which operationally we've not yet decided. But the consultation requirement is very broad and we'll certainly stick to its spirit. So voila, for what could be said today on the Data Act and the standardization requirements. Thank you very much.”
Promotion of open-source softwares · Interoperability requirements for digital platforms · EU Single Market harmonisation