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The
European Commission, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA and EU
countries will meet on Tuesday to discuss the scheme which has
undergone several changes since ENISA unveiled a draft in 2020.
The EUCS aims to help governments and companies pick a secure
and trusted vendor for their cloud computing business. The
global cloud computing industry generate billions of euros in
yearly revenue, with double-digit growth expected.
A March version scrapped so-called sovereignty requirements from
a previous proposal, which required U.S. tech giants to set up a
joint venture or cooperate with an EU-based company to store and
process customer data in the bloc in order to qualify for the
highest level of the EU cybersecurity label.
"We believe that an inclusive and non-discriminatory EUCS that
supports the free movement of cloud services in Europe will help
our members prosper at home and abroad, contribute to Europe's
digital ambitions, and strengthen its resilience and security,"
the groups said in a joint letter to EU countries.
"The removal of both ownership controls and Protection against
Unlawful Access (PUA) / Immunity to Non-EU Law (INL)
requirements ensures that cloud security improvements align with
industry best practices and non-discriminatory principles," they
said.
The groups said it was crucial that their members have access to
a diverse range of resilient cloud technologies tailored to
their specific needs to thrive in an increasingly competitive
global market.
Signatories to the letter include the American Chamber of
Commerce to the EU in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland,
Italy, Norway, Romania and Spain, and the European Payment
Institutions Federation.
Others which signed the letter include the Czech Confederation
of Industry, Denmark's Dansk Industry, Germany's Bundesverband
deutscher Banken, the Digital Poland Association, Irish business
lobby group IBEC, the Netherlands' NL Digital and the Spanish
Start-up Association.
EU cloud vendors such as such as Deutsche Telekom, Orange and
Airbus have pushed for sovereignty requirements in the EUCS on
fears that non-EU governments may get unlawful access to
Europeans' data on the basis of their laws.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Richard Chang)
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