Conclusions – 19 October 2017
a future-oriented regulatory framework: completing the Digital Single Market Strategy
in all its elements by the end of 2018 remains an essential task. Despite considerable
progress, work in this area needs to be accelerated in order to meet this deadline. To that
end, the additional TTE/Telecom Council on 24 October should discuss how to speed
up and prioritise the work on the Digital Single Market. Agreement between the colegislators on geo-blocking, audio-visual media services and parcel delivery should be
reached by the end of 2017. By June 2018, co-legislators should also agree on the free
flow of non-personal data proposal and the electronic communications code. The
European Council highlights the importance of ensuring adequate rules on data flows
with third countries in trade agreements, without prejudice to EU legislation.
Furthermore, negotiations on copyright and on the Digital Content Directive should be
pursued as a matter of priority. The European Council also underlines the necessity of
increased transparency in platforms’ practices and uses;
a first rate infrastructure and communications network: this requires cooperation at the
EU level, inter alia with the aim of achieving world-class very high-speed fixed and
mobile networks (5G) all across the EU and increased coordinated availabilities of
spectrum by 2020 under consistent regulatory and economic conditions; this in turn
requires dedicating all necessary legislative resources, including a sufficient number of
trilogues, to reaching an agreement on the electronic communications code, including
the necessary provisions on spectrum;
a common approach to cybersecurity: the digital world requires trust, and trust can only
be achieved if we ensure more proactive security by design in all digital policies,
provide adequate security certification of products and services, and increase our
capacity to prevent, deter, detect and respond to cyberattacks. To that end, the
Commission's cybersecurity proposals should be developed in a holistic way, delivered
timely and examined without delay, on the basis of an action plan to be set up by the
Council;
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