59 Amendments of Klemen GROŠELJ related to 2020/2217(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Member States Joint Declaration on Cloud of 15 October 2020;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas digitalisation hakeeps transformeding the economy, society and citizens’ daily lives, and whereas data, which is duplicated every 18 months, is at the heart of this transformation;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas data is an essential resource for economic growth, job creation and societal progress and is a key enabler of the transition to green and climate- neutral societies as well as in boosting Europe's global competitiveness;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas incentivising the use of data and increasing data access and availability, together with more legal certainty, will represent a competitive advantage for micro, SMEs and start-ups in order to reap the benefits of the digital transition;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Union should be an active global player in setting rules and standards based on its values;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘A European strategy for data’; believes that it is a prerequisite for the EU to acquire a leading role in the data economy and for the viability of European industries and nascent AI, and a vital step towards a democratic data society, which will bring better services, growth and jobs;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that Artificial Intelligence (AI) relies on high-quality and increased data availability to create data sets able to train algorithms and improve their performance;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has highlights the role of real-time dated how crucial the digital transformation and the availability of a wide range of technologies is for our economy and society, notably preserving continuity of all activities, and the role of real-time data; stresses that the ongoing emergency situation is showing shortcomings and vulnerabilities both at EU and Member States' level in the digital area;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls the role Recovery and Resilience Facility should play in contributing to the digital agenda and supports the proposed 20% earmarking for digital for each national plan; calls on Member States to provide adequate resources for EU relevant programmes such as Digital Europe Programme, Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon Europe to support digital priorities, in order to improve Europe's competitiveness in the global digital economy and reinforce the Union’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how crucial the digital transformation and the availability of a wide range of technologies is for our economy and society, especially in the public sector and the healthcare industries, notably preserving continuity and maintaining the efficiency of all activities and public services, and the role of real-time and reliable data;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the need to continue addressing effectively the digital divide both across and within Member States, including by improving access to broadband and ICT services, thus promoting cohesion and economic and social development; regrets that currently only 60% of European remote and rural areas have access to high-speed broadband connections and highlights the role that satellites and other space-based assets and services will play in providing connectivity in those areas, building the preconditions for a full digital transformation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the Union’s aim must be an EU-governed, human-centric, data- driven economy and society builtased on trust andhe EU values of privacy, transparency and respect of fundamental rights; and freedoms and thus built on trust and in the interests of European citizens and businesses, in compliance with data protection, competition law and intellectual property rights;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the data economy and the cloud infrastructure market is currently dominated by a restricted number of non-European players, acting as de facto rule-setters; stresses that this raises concerns over compliance with EU rules on data protection, market practices, security and users' control over strategic data;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that a well-built data society21st century data- driven society should be designed in a way to benefits all, empowers workers instead of lowering their working conditions, and does not lead toing citizens, consumers, workers, entrepreneurs, researchers and to prevent inequality or digital gaps;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the increasing volume, development, sharing, storage and processing of industrial and public data in the Union is a source of growth and innovation that should be tapped; believes that this growth can be enhanced via a level playing field and strong multi-player fair market economy, competitive and open market economy; considers it crucial to ensure legal consistency of future proposals related to data with relevant existing legislation and international rules;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Union’s data strategy must support and contribute as much as possible to sustainability, the Green Deal and Union’s climate targets; urges to take appropriate measures to reduce the ICT sector's environmental footprint and greenhouse gas emissions, accompanied by detailed impact assessments, including by preventing planned obsolescence and by improving the energy efficiency of data centres; stresses that the Union's data strategy must also be in line with the objectives of the SME and Industrial Strategy to make sure that our industries are at the forefront of the digital transformation and are able to compete fully at global level;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify further the notion of "public good" and "public interest" purposes for utilisation of data;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the creation of a data governance framework for common European data spaces, subject to EU rules and covering interoperability, sharing, access and, portability and security of data, to enhance the flow and reuse of industrial and public data both at cross-sector and sector-specific level;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that the deployment of European data spaces should prioritise crucial economic sectors, the public sector and other areas of public interest and calls on the Commission to assess the addition of further data spaces in the future; considers that European data spaces should serve as an example for transparency and proper balance between all interests at stake;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance of implementing an EU-level master data management strategy to ensure the uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, semantic consistency and accountability of data shared by Member States;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the data governance model be built on a decentralised data operating environmenCalls on the Commission to assess thoroughly how to build the data governance model; notes that both centralised and decentralised data operating environments entail advantages and risks; acknowledges that the decentralised model offers more guarantees in terms of privacy safeguards and data minimisation, as less data is stored in central servers; stresses that the assessment should duly take into account the cybersecurity aspect;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls foron the creation ofCommission to set common Union-wide guidelines on data governance and to assess thoroughly the need to create a Commission-led body in charge of it, that wshould set common Unoperate in close connection- wide guidelines on data governance; calls forth bodies that are responsible for AI and by using existing staffing; Calls on the Commission to exchange regularly with all stakeholders such as citizens, civil society and businesses to be adequately represented inimprove the governance of data spaces;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls foron the creation of a Commission-led body that wouldCommission to set common Union-wide guidelines on data governance and to assess thoroughly the need to create a Commission-led body in charge of it, using existing staffing; cCalls foron the Commission to exchange regularly with all stakeholders such as citizens, civil society and businesses to be adequately represented inimprove the governance of data spaces;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to build interoperable sectoral data spaces that follow common guidelines to avoid creating silos and preventing cross-sectoral innovations; stresses that the management of sectorial data spaces should complement or be in line with requirements and procedures foreseen in sectorial existing legislation in order to guarantee legal certainty;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Commission to use data spaces to enhance trust, create common standards and build well-formed application programming interfaces (APIs), and to consider using pre-agreed sandboxes to test innovations and new business models as well as new data management and processing tools; considers it crucial to avoid any risk of unauthorised access to data spaces by third parties and to create tools to counter possible misconducts;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Commission to use data spaces to enhance trust, create common standards and build well-formed application programming interfaces (APIs), and to consider using pre-agreed sandboxes to test innovations, automation and data analytics and processing platforms;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Encourages the Commission to implement the „API first” principle for all public sector IT systems of Member States, that will increase the interoperability of such systems;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the need to help private and public sector actors to identify the data they possess and catalogue and increaseat guidelines and frameworks resulting from the European data strategy should ensure that both private and public sector actors are able to capitalise on the data they generate and possess, increasing and incentivising the findability of data to fuel data spaces; calls on the Commission to fundexplore initiatives to improve the findability of metadata within data spaces;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the key role that will be played by "data intermediaries" as structural enabler to pool data and organise data flows; Welcomes the Commission’s plans for intermediatorries labelling/certification for creation of interoperable and non-discriminatory data ecosystems and markets open to all actors, notably in those sectors that will not be covered under the scope of Common data spaces;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that personal and non- personal data, such as industrial data, are not always separable or difficult and costly to separate with the result that a high amount of data remains currently unused; urges the Commission to define guidance on andlawful processing of data and on practices in the utilisation of mixed data sets in industrial environments while guaranteeing privacy rules for personal data, such as standardised criteria to ensure sufficient levels of anonymisation and aggregation, in accordance with data protection legislation; calls on the Commission to consider creating a horizontal and cross- cutting personal data space alongside other data spaces to address the challenge of mixed data sets and empower citizens via, for example, trustworthy intermediators such as MyData operators, which store data with the consent of the owners;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls the importance of establishing a clear definition and clear rules on "data altruism", including the possible purposes such as for the public good; stresses that data donation should be conditional on informed consent and should always be revocable;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to present a data act to encourage and enable an increasing and fair B2B, B2G, G2B and G2G flow of data in all sectors, inter alia clarifying rights of utilisation, notably in B2B, B2G market settings and enhancing the portability right of individuals under art 20 GDPR, avoiding lock-in effects;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the Commission to facilitate voluntary data sharing schemeincrease legal certainty for data sharing and facilitate voluntary schemes as well as more standardised contractual agreements, building on existing models and best practices, to incentivise the exchange of data, particularly for micro, SMEs and start-ups while taking duly into account the legitimate interests of companies related to trade secrets, sensitive data and Intellectual Property rights;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the Commission to facilitate voluntary data sharing schemes for data sharing, implementation of best- practices, as well as more standardised contractual agreements and security measures;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are specific circumstances, such as systematic imbalances in B2B data value chains, including in contractual agreements, where access to data should be compulsory e.g. via well-formed APIsAPIs that ensure equal access to all players or implementing competition rules to counter business-to-business unfair or illegal practices, without altering the level playing field;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Considers it important to guarantee that technical support is provided to companies, especially micro, SMEs and start-ups, both at national and European level to enhance the use and sharing of data;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to examine actors’ rights to access data they have been involved in generating and improve their awareness;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commissall EU Institutions and the Member States as well as local and regional administrations to lead by example and provide real-time services and a policy based on real-time data; stresses that digitisalisation represents an opportunity for Public Administrations (PAs) to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens and existing silos among public bodies and authorities, in order to manage effectively citizens' data;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for more and better secondary uses of anonymised personal data, especially in G2B/G2G exchanges, to boost innovation, and research and servicesimprove services in the public interest;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. RemindsCalls on the Member States to fully implement the Open Data Directive, including by improving the publication of data, in terms of quality, timing and categories, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to respect Open Data Directiveits objectives when negotiating the implementing act on high-value data sets; Stresses the importance both for economy and society of wide reuse of public sector data free of charge which should be - to the extent possible - 'real-time' or at least up-to-date, easy to access and process thanks to machine-readable and user- friendly formats; calls for these data sets to include inter alia a list of company and business registers;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Encourages the Commission to extend the scope of the Open Data Directive to additional public data sets and to implement a principle of implicit digital transparency of public sector data, that will encourage Member States to implicitly publish existent digital raw data in real-time;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in order to strengthen the Union’s technological sovereignty, to work on technologies that, including high capacity infrastructures that boost connectivity and facilitate data sharing and analytics, and to invest in capacity building and high-impact projects to promote research, innovation and deployment of digital technologies;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that the success of the Union’s data and AI strategies depends on the wider ICT ecosystem, closing the digital gap, developing the IoT, fibre, 5G, 6G, quantum, edge computing, block chain and high-performance computing; recalls that increased connectivity exposes to increased cyber threats and crime and in this context supports the joint and coordinated approach on the EU toolbox on 5G cybersecurity and the secure 5G deployment in the EU;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that the success of the Union’s data and AI strategies depends on the wider ICT ecosystem, closing the digital gap, skilling, upskilling and reskilling, developing the IoT, fibre, 5G, 6G, quantum, edge computing, Robotic Process Automation, block chain and high-performance computing;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to promote competitive markets to support the development of European cloud offerings, e.g. Gaia-x; believes that the development of European cloud infrastructures is essential to store and process EU citizens’ sensitive data; calls on the Commission to make proposals to limit the handling of European sensitive data within the EU;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to promote competitive markets to support the development of European cloud offerings, e.g. Gaia-x which is a leading example of federated data infrastructures, creating an ecosystem that allows the scalability of EU cloud providers;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to co-invest in and create synergies among different spending programmes for the European cloud federation and for the deployment of the underlying high capacity connectivity infrastructures (e.g. submarine cables);
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to develop a ‘cloud rule book’ that will represent a solid framework to enhance clarity and facilitate compliance for cloud services and inter alia to oblige service providers to reveal where data is stored and ensure users have sovereignty over their data and create synergies with code of conducts for data portability and cloud provider switching already foreseen in the Regulation on the free flow of non- personal data (FFD);
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Welcomes the upcoming launch of a European Alliance for Industrial Data and Clouds and welcomes the efforts towards creating a European Alliance of Processors;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises the importance of trust and cybersecurity for a stable data economy; emphasises the importance of a culture of security for entities handling large amounts of data, especially with regard to the risks of cybercrime and cyberterrorism, as well as the risks of natural and technological accidents; urges the Commission to present solutions suited to market players of all sizes to anticipate and be prepared for all these risks;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises the importance of trust and cybersecurity for a stable data economy, notably in countering cyber threats against trade secrets; urges the Commission to present solutions suited to market players of all sizes, especially to micro and SMEs;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Welcomes the upcoming review of the Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive) in order to improve cyber resilience and respond more effectively to cyber-attacks;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the potential of data access to accelerate scientific research; welcomes the Commission’s work in enabling the sharing of data for research; in the light of the current sanitary crisis, considers it crucial to speed up the creation of a European Health Data Space, which will improve research and enhance the ability to use data, including creating diagnostics that better match patients and medicines; welcomes the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as an open, trusted and federated environment in Europe to store, share and re-use research data across borders;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the potential of data access to accelerate scientific research and private innovation; welcomes the Commission’s work in enabling the sharing of data for research and private innovation;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for public and private funding for micro and SMEs to fully capitalise on data economy’s potential;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on social partners to explore the potential of digitalisation, data and AI to increase productivity, improve well- being of the workforce and invest in upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on social partners to explore the potential of digitalisation, data and AI to increase productivity, improve well- being of the workforce and invest in upskilling and reskilling;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the free flow of data between the Union and third countries only when privacy, security and other legitimate public policy interests are met and when an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed e.g. via ad hoc adequacy decisions; calls on the Commission to negotiate new rules for the global digital economy, including the prohibition of unjustified data localisation requirements; recalls the importance of advancing in e- commerce negotiations at WTO level;