Activities of Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ related to 2020/2217(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European strategy for data
Amendments (37)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
1. Ensuring the trust (Subtitle 1)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that information security and privacy is a key challenge in promoting data sharing; reminds the Expert Group report1a findings about the limited trust currently existing between a given private company or civil-society organisation and the public-sector body as it comes to the storage, access and processing of data which further prevents those collaborations from happening; in this respect understands that data providers may not be comfortable to share their data in the absence of the information security and privacy; calls on the Commission to firstly ensure significant improvement of security and privacy during the storage, access and processing of data in the public-sector before introducing a new framework; __________________ 1aTowards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, Final report prepared by the High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government Data Sharing, 2020
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that any legislative proposals related to data should be based on an in-depth impact assessment to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden that could hamper the emergence of high-tech unicorns, start-ups and SMEs in Europe in order to unleash their potential at the global scale; invites therefore the European Commission to come forward with comparative analysis of regulatory environment in third countries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. General principles of the Data strategy proposals (Subtitle 2)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to follow the Expert Group report1a recommendations to carry out studies in order to obtain further empirical evidence, including of the macroeconomic and social benefits of B2G data sharing for the public interest; __________________ 1aTowards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, Final report prepared by the High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government Data Sharing, 2020
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that any strategy or proposal from the Commission should be accompanied by documents which inter alia include best practices, cost-benefit analyses, statistics and quantification of the detailed financial burden on the Union budget, the budgets of the Member States and operational costs for businesses, including SMEs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Asks the Commission to coherently define how new provisions interact with other legal instruments, such as GDPR, the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union and revised rules on open data and the reuse of public-sector information, since their impact on the single market for data is still unknown;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Personal data spaces (subtitle 3)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Asks the Commission to provide an evidence on how many consumers are interested in Personal data spaces;
Amendment 23 #
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 competitiveness of the Europeand climate- neutral societiesompanies on a global scale;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to empower consumers to put them in control of their data and to ensure that the single market for data is grounded in European values and fairness in competition; believes that citizens’ data could help in developing innovative green solutions and services, including green and digital, that would benefit European consumers and companies; asks the Commission to consider how to support data altruismsharing in full compliance with European legislation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that Commission´s Evaluation report on GDPR confirms that the GDPR, together with the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation ensures the free flow of data within the EU; urges the Commission, to properly describe reasons for the necessity of further legislation on Data spaces in order to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the EU Earth observation system Copernicus should serve as an example of socio-economic benefits of freely and openly available large amount of data for European citizens and businesses;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Single European data space (Subtitle 4)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need toAcknowledges the idea of createing a single European data space with the aim of ensuring the free flow of non-personal data across borders and sectors; underlines the principle of the free flow of non- personal data as imperative for a single market for data, providing a level playing field for data sharing between stakeholders; considers that as data owners have the rightful ownership of data assets, being it single piece or set of data elements, business-to-business (B2B) and business- to-government (B2G) data sharing should be, in principle, voluntary, while mandatory access to data should also be envisaged to remedy potentialroven market failures and only in cases when the business is supported from public finances or other form of public support;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the European Parliament recommended to the Commission to consider analyses of certain data related measures in recently adopted resolution Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds the protection of data ownership and that data-sharing does not imply that data should be shared for free;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Asks the Commission to particularly take into consideration the issues of confidentiality and protection of trade secrets in the context of the Data Economy very carefully;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the data- sharing culture, led by example and share their data in the visible, users friendly, transparent and easily automated process;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Highlights the importance of the central national registers of all G2G and G2B contracts in some Member States; reiterates that user friendly platforms offering the access to all public contracts in one place and data contained in these documents are fundamental not only in order to ensure transparency of public administration but they also serve as a great source of data; stresses that public sector should be an example of efficient and comprehensive data sharing; asks the Commission to prepare a legislative proposal in order to make such practices compulsory in all Member States;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that any legislative proposals related to data should be based on an in-depth impact assessment to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden that could hamper the emergence of high-tech unicorns, start-ups and SMEs in Europe in order to unleash their potential at the global scale; invites therefore the European Commission to come forward with comparative analysis of regulatory environment in third countries;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. European cloud services (subtitle 5)
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to improve access to European cloud services and to address interoperability issues, includingperly assess the idea of European cloud services, including cost-benefit analyses to build cloud infrastructure and to create system superstructure on top of existing cloud services including cloud services based outside of the EU territory; considers the need to analyse interoperability issues, the need to create and improve codes of conduct, certification and standards, in a ‘cloud rulebook’; considers proportionality to be the guiding principle for data quality and interoperability requirements; calls on the Commission to consider promoting existing standards to avoid unnecessary transaction costs and to provide high quality standards for sectors and data spaces of high importance for significant societal challenges. ;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the establishment of a European Cloud Federation, a European network of cloud infrastructures; stresses however that the freedom to opt for a non- European cloud service provider should remain unlimited for European businesses and consumers except for legitimate grounds such as risk to national security;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need to promote the most cost-effective cloud service solution in the Union regardless of their origin, highlights that both private and public sectors rely mostly on already existing cloud services provided by well- established global private companies in third countries;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Union’s data strategy must support sustainability, the Green Deal and Union’s climate targetsshould go hand in hand with the twin transition;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. SupportEncourages the creation of a simple data governance framework for common European data spaces, covering interoperability, voluntary sharing, access and portability of data, to enhance the flow and reuse of industrial and public data;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the creation of a Commission-led body, composed of the representatives of the Member States' authorities and relevant EU agencies and other bodies such as EDPB, BEREC, ENISA, that would set common Union- wide guidelines on a simple data governance; calls for citizens, civil society and businesses to be adequately represented in the governance of data spaces;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. EUnderlines that, instead of introducing compulsory access, voluntariness should be set as a leading principle governing the flow of business data; encourages the Commission and the Member States to facilitate voluntary data sharing schemes, including by promoting the beneficial effects and the best practices or to consider appropriate incentives;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Acknowledges the current success of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, an initiative of the EU engaging both Member States and private partners; welcomes the recently published Commission proposal on its continuation to maintain and advance Europe’s leading role in supercomputing and quantum computing;
Amendment 282 #
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; welcomes the establishment of a European Cloud Federation, a European network of cloud infrastructures; stresses however that the freedom to opt for a non-European cloud service provider should remain unlimited for European businesses and consumers except for legitimate grounds such as risk to national security;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to develop a ‘cloud rul, in the close bcook’ that will inter alia oblige service providersperation with the Member States, to rdeveal where data is stored and ensure users have sovereignty over their datalop a ‘cloud rule book’;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Underlines that European programmes, namely Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Space Programme, are designed to directly or indirectly support the generation, storage, processing, exploitation and sharing of research and business data;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for public and private funding particularly for SMEs to fully capitalise on data economy’s potential;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that global rules governing the use of data are inadequate; calls on the Commission to work on both bilateral and multilateral level with like-minded third countries to agree on new international standards to govern the use of new technologies, such as AI;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the free flow of data between the Union and third countries when privacy, security and other legitimate public policy interests are met; calls on the Commission to negotiate new rules for the global digital economy, including the prohibition of unjustified data localisation or other unjustified requirements;