BRUSSELS - Global tech trade association 91快活林, the 91快活林, is urging the European Commission to pursue a bold, coordinated simplification of EU digital regulation through the forthcoming Digital Omnibus Package. In its to the Call for Evidence, 91快活林 warns that mounting regulatory complexity is constraining innovation, undermining legal certainty in the EU Single Market, and harming competitiveness and technology adoption in Europe.
“Europe’s digital rulebook has become a maze,” said 91快活林 Director General for Europe Guido Lobrano. “The Omnibus is a key opportunity to reduce uncertainty and complexity, but more ambition is essential to its success. The EU must deliver significant and comprehensive simplification and clarification of digital laws and their application, in support of innovation, competitiveness and technology adoption.”
91快活林’s main recommendations include:
-
More ambitious scope: The package should be expanded to include burdensome requirements in the Data Act and review the outdated ePrivacy Directive.
-
Stop the clock: The application of the Data Act, certain parts of the AI Act, and the Cyber Resilience Act should be postponed until guidance, standards, and oversight are ready.
-
Address reporting complexity: 91快活林 proposes national single-entry points for incident reporting capable of satisfying multiple frameworks (including NIS2, CRA, DORA and GDPR), supported by harmonized taxonomies and templates. Clearer, consistent definitions alongside recognition of international standards and certifications would further cut duplication.
-
Simplify AI rules to support innovation: 91快活林 urges for more coherence between the AI Act and sectoral regulations, clarity around the interplay between the AI Act and GDPR, a higher systemic-risk threshold for general-purpose models, the use of existing tools like data protection impact assessments to meet AI Act requirements, and a proportionate, innovation-friendly implementation of the AI Act.
-
Better coordination between authorities: Structural reforms on the oversight of EU tech rules are needed to address risks of fragmentation due to complex, overlapping frameworks enforced by different authorities. This should include statutory obligations for authorities to cooperate, issuing joint guidance, and forming a joint EU-level implementation forum.