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# DSM Supply of digital content and online sales of goods contracts: committee debates # ONLINE PLATFORMS Bund und Länder nehmen Stellung zum Regulierungsumfeld Online-Plattformen # INDUSTRY 4.0 Hannover Messe: Digitising Industry and SMEs (given at Technology Cooperation Days) – Speech by Günther Oettinger Hannover Messe: Digitising European Industry (delivered at ZVEI event) – Speech by Günther Oettinger EU Commission Brochure: Digitising European Industry Smart Anything Everywhere Workshop: Enhancing digital transformation in European SMEs BMWi: Plattform Industrie 4.0 zieht bei HANNOVER MESSE positive Jahresbilanz - Plattform etabliert sich als zentraler Partner für Unternehmen # BIG DATA Big data and B2B digital platforms: the next frontier for Europe’s industry and enterprises – Digitaleurope Recommendations of the Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship # COPYRIGHT St 8130 2016 Init Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND

www.ieu-monitoring.com # GOOGLE & ALPHABET Antitrust: EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google and Alphabet on Android operating system and applications EU Commission Memo on Google's Android operating system and applications – Factsheet Statement by Commissioner Vestager on sending a Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications EU-Abgeordneter Markus Ferber (EVP/CSU) zum Wettbewerbsverfahren gegen Google Application Developers Alliance Criticizes European Commission’s Statement of Objections Targeting the Android Operating System EU Issues Antitrust Charges Against Google - CCIA # DSM Le Vice-Président Ansip et le Commissaire Oettinger à l'événement 'Net Futures' à Bruxelles Full reports on the results of the two DSM public consultations on telecoms regulation and on the future needs for Internet speed & quality Speech given by Vice-President Ansip at Net Futures 2016: Driving growth in the

www.ieu-monitoring.com # DATA PROTECTION Data protection reform - Parliament approves new rules fit for the digital era EU Parliament: Text adopted - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data ***II - P8_TA-PROV(2016)0125 - Thursday, 14 April 2016 - Strasbourg - Provisional edition EU Parliament: Motion for a resolution on the regulations concerning the use of personal data for commercial purposes on the digital market - B8-2016-0436 Joint Statement on the final adoption of the new EU rules for personal data protection EU Commission welcomes agreement on data protection and provisions for research S&D: European Parliament backs data protection rules fit for the digital age Grüne zur Datenschutzreform Digitaleurope: EU Data Protection Reform - Implementation of the GDPR needs active involvement of industry ETNO: Data protection regulation a key milestone. Let’s now move fast on ePrivacy Adoption of new EU Data Protection rules a key

www.ieu-monitoring.com # E-PRIVACY La Commission consulte en vue de réformer la Directive "vie privée" dans le secteur des communications électroniques Digitaleurope: Future Adoption of the draft EU-US Privacy Shield Adequacy Decision # DATA PROTECTION Report - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, and the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) - A8-0139/2016 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Report - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data (Directive) - A8-0138/2016 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs EU Parliament: Joint press conference on the Data Protection package La Commissaire Jourová participe à une conférence de presse

Source: IEU Monitoring # VAT & E-COMMERCE VAT Action Plan: EU Commission presents measures to modernise VAT in the EU Details of the EU Action Plan on VAT: Questions and Answers # DSM CEF Digital Single Web Portal ALDE event: HEARING: CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF DIGITAL CONTENT Digitaleurope: The Atlantic Council’s Task force makes 20 recommendations designed to build a transatlantic digital single market Digitaleurope: Building a transatlantic digital marketplace - Twenty steps toward 2020 Digitaleurope report about inaugural ‘Masters of Digital’ Conference # DOMAIN .EU .eu celebrates 10 years with 4 million internet domain names Background: 10 years of .eu! Celebrating 10 years of European online identity with .eu – Blog post by EU Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip # COPYRIGHT CJEU: According to Advocate General Wathelet, the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a co

Link to source # DSM EU Commission presents set of measures supporting national initiatives for the digitisation of industry and to boosting investment (standards, G5, e-Government, EU Research Cloud) Speech by EU Commission Vice-President Ansip: Helping European industry to turn digital Digital4EU 2016 report published 2016 Digital Day: Innovation in the digital era. Reinventing our economy BEUC: European Commission: it is time to #STOPGEOBLOCKING! Déjeuner avec des acteurs du numérique - Elysée # SPECTRUM State aid: EU Commission approves French support for households affected by spectrum reallocation # 5G 5G Public Private Partnership Information Day in Warsaw # E-PRIVACY EU Smart Cities: Citizen Focus Webinar: Addressing Privacy in Smart Cities EPC Sixty Minute Briefing: Beyond Safe Harbour: A U.S. perspective on the Privacy Shield and on protecting consumer privacy Grünen-Anhörung zur Reform der e-Privacy-Richtlinie Aktuelle Drucksachen des Deutsch