As unnecessarily strong as this harmonisation is in some respects in the Czech Republic’s view, it represents good groundwork for negotiations on the final form of this important EU legislation. At the beginning of 2020, the Czech Republic joined a pan-European project aimed at creating a Europe-wide quantum communication infrastructure. Both documents can qualify as critical for the political and legislative anchoring of cyber security in the EU for many years to come. Their ambitiousness reflects the increasing importance of cyber security at both European and international level. The prepared network will enable highly secured information transfer within the individual countries as well as between various EU countries. The envisaged communication channels are primarily intended for securing the critical information infrastructure. It is estimated that the actual quantum networks should be built and launched throughout the EU within a 10-year horizon. Measures 33

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