A/74/120 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union, as well as through the forthcoming entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/ 2013 (Cybersecurity Act). France also actively supports the adoption of a European Union regulation aiming to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online and to impose uniform obligations on Internet providers. Finally, France is working to ensure that the industrial policy of the European Union supports advanced research and development capacities in order to enhance the deployment of digital technology and services with reliable and assessed security. Within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), at France’s initiativ e, the Allies adopted at the Warsaw Summit in June 2016 a commitment to cyberdefence, the “Cyber Defence Pledge”. This Pledge ensures that every member State of NATO devotes an appropriate share of its resources to the strengthening of its cyberdefence capabilities, thereby improving overall security for all. In May 2018, France hosted the first ever conference on the Pledge. The allies recognized cyberspace as an area of operations, thus compelling NATO to defend itself in that area as it does in the areas of land, air and sea. Preventing crises by developing standards that regulate the behaviour of actors in cyberspace France believes that the emergence of a collective cybersecurity framework can only be built on balances defined by international law. The French international strategy for digital security also highlights the importance for France to pursue a cooperative dialogue, both bilaterally and multilaterally, with all relevant public and private stakeholders and all willing international partners. France has played an active role in negotiations within the United Nations conducted within the framework of the last five meetings of Groups of Government al Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunicatio ns in the Context of International Security. It will continue its commitment in the resumption of discussions both in the Group of Governmental Experts and in the open -ended working group to contribute its vision of a digital space of freedom, exchange and growth that determines the prosperity and progress in our societies. It is also engaged in other international forums where issues on the security of the digital space are addressed. In 2006, France ratified the Budapest Convention, which provides a legal basis to establish various offences in connection with combating cybercrime and provides for flexible and modern means of international cooperation in this area, for examp le, the establishment of a network that runs day and night to expedite assistance procedures between States parties. France is now calling for universalization of the Budapest Convention, which today has 63 States parties representing all continents. It is actively participating in the negotiation of the Convention ’s second Additional Protocol, which aims to further strengthen international cooperation in this area, developing police cooperation and mutual assistance in criminal matters, notably in terms of access to electronic evidence. Furthermore, France supports the work of the open-ended intergovernmental group responsible for conducting an in -depth study of 20/39 19-10580