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The European Commission proposes a revision of EU public procurement rules through a new regulation that repeals the existing 2014 directives on public procurement, utilities, and concessions. The initiative aims to modernize and simplify rules, reduce administrative burdens, and enable preferences for European products in strategic sectors to secure supply chains and add EU value. It also amends multiple sector-specific regulations and directives containing procurement provisions to improve coherence and transparency. Furthermore, the proposal addresses high administrative burdens and legal uncertainty identified in previous evaluations regarding public buyers and businesses.

• Revises and replaces Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, and 2014/25/EU with a single Public Procurement Act regulation.
• Enables preference for European products in strategic sectors to ensure security of supply and EU added value.
• Aims to modernize and simplify rules, specifically considering EU start-ups and innovators.
• Amends various sector-specific regulations and directives that contain public procurement provisions.
• Addresses administrative burdens and legal uncertainty that currently affect public buyers and businesses, including SMEs.

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1. Derogations in case of excessive costs or lack of competition. 4 Proposal for Critical Medicines Act COM(2025) 102 Final Provisional trilogue agreement on 11 May Section I Chapter IV Public buyers shall use resilience requirements and Buy European provisions. Sector-specific provisions containing requirements on ‘what to procure’ applicable only to a product group and/or sector Title Provision 1 Directive on Clean Vehicles Directive 2009/33/EC (consolidated version) Article 5 Tables 3 and 4 of the Annex 2 Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RED III) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (consolidated version) Article 15(2), (2a), (3) and (8) 3 Regulation on Health Data Space Regulation (EU) 2025/327 Article 15(1) Article 36(1)(2)(3) Annex II

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2. 142 Recital 90 and 92, Directive 2014/24/EU 143 See EU Practical Guides on the use of the EU Ecolabel in green public procurement , developed by the Commission (https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu/green-business/green-public-procurement/gpp-criteria-and-requirements_en) 144 EU voluntary green public procurement (GPP) criteria (https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu/green-business/green-public- procurement/gpp-criteria-and-requirements_en) are developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) to facilitate public authorities purchasing goods, services and works with reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. The criteria are formulated in such a way that they can, if deemed appropriate by the individual authority, be (partially or fully) integrated into the tender documents with minimal editing.

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3. (66) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/172524 and delivered its opinion on [INSERT], HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 14 Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (OJ L, 2024/1735, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1735/oj). 15 Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (OJ L, 2024/1781, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj).

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The European Commission has published an impact assessment and legislative review concerning Directive 2003/87/EC and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 on the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and the Market Stability Reserve. This initiative serves as the first part of a broad post-2030 framework package aimed at driving competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation. It evaluates how stationary installations, aviation, and maritime sectors can deliver necessary emission reductions while ensuring carbon leakage protection and orderly market functioning. The review addresses the shrinking supply of allowances and adapts the system to align with intermediate 2040 targets and 2050 climate neutrality goals.

• Reviews the EU ETS and the Market Stability Reserve to prepare for post-2030 climate targets.
• Assesses pathways toward the 2050 climate neutrality goal and the intermediate 2040 target.
• Focuses on industrial sectors, maritime transport, and aviation to ensure cost-effective decarbonisation.
• Examines carbon leakage protection, free allocation benchmarks, and the funding transition through EU revenues.
• Analyzes market functioning and allowance supply adjustments to prevent trading frictions and price volatility.
• Accompanies related proposals simplifying monitoring, reporting, and verification regulations.

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1. protect human health; and promote measures at the international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems. The legal basis of this initiative is in Article 192(1), as this initiative is action being taken to combat climate change and to serve the other environmental objectives specified in Article 191. The ETS has been operating on this legal basis since 2003. The European Parliament and the Council have adopted all amendments to the ETS Directive on this legal basis. • Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence) Climate change is a trans-boundary problem and both international and EU action can effectively complement and reinforce regional, national and local action. Adjusting the ETS to the 2040 target for EU GHG reductions will affect many sectors across the EU economy.

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2. 15 The IDB will be placed within the governance of the future European Competitiveness Fund to ensure that both funding instruments are complementary. The European Competitiveness Fund will also support decarbonisation of EIIs. Considering the high investment needs of those sectors both instruments are needed but should be designed as complementary in supporting technological development, types of instruments offered and role in the project’s investment journey. This will be also facilitated by the common governance framework. 16 EASA, European Aviation Environmental Report, 2025 https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/environment/eaer/downloads#download-2025. 17 Source: Figure 76, Direct CO2 emissions from the EU transport sector by mode, Annex 8, Climate Target Impact Assessment, and Section 1.5.5, page 97.

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3. 297 The Regulation lists relevant technologies including plants for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO), plants for sustainable alternative fuels and electric propulsion systems for air transport. Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, OJ L, 2024/1735, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1735/oj.

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The European Commission proposes the EU Kids Act regulation to establish a uniform digital environment for children across the European Union. The proposal introduces harmonized age limits, restricting autonomous account creation on social media and video sharing platforms for children under 15, with parental involvement allowed for older minors. It also sets out security-by-design requirements for online services, video sharing platforms, online games, AI companions, and app stores. Furthermore, the regulation establishes proportionate, privacy-compliant age-verification frameworks and harmonized enforcement mechanisms to prevent market fragmentation.

• Establishes a single EU-wide digital age limit and restricts autonomous account creation on social media and video sharing platforms for children under 15.
• Sets out security-by-design requirements for social media, video platforms, online games, AI companions, and app stores.
• Introduces proportional and privacy-respecting age-verification criteria and safeguards.
• Defines a structured enforcement framework relying on existing structures with expedited procedures.
• Builds on existing EU rules such as the Digital Services Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act to prevent regulatory fragmentation in the single market.

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The European Commission proposes the Cloud and AI Development Act to establish a framework of measures aimed at strengthening Europe's cloud and artificial intelligence ecosystem. The initiative focuses on three pillars, which include research and innovation for greening infrastructure, industrial investments to triple EU data processing capacity, and actions to increase secure data processing capacities for cloud providers in the EU. Ultimately, the proposal seeks to address infrastructure gaps, reduce critical dependencies on non-European providers, and enhance the Union's digital sovereignty and competitiveness.

• Addresses the EU gap in cloud and AI infrastructure capacity through three distinct pillars.
• Promotes research and innovation to accelerate sustainable cloud and AI computing technologies.
• Aims to triple the EU data processing capacity over the next 5 to 7 years via industrial investments.
• Introduces measures to increase secure data processing capacities for high-critical use cases.
• Establishes common criteria for sovereign cloud computing services to reduce extraterritorial dependencies.
• Promotes open-source solutions and joint public procurement activities across the public sector.

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1. Procurement activities conducted by the Commission in concertation with the contracting authorities of Member States can play a decisive role in harnessing collective purchasing power and ensuring access to 33 Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013 and (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (Cyber Resilience Act) (OJ L, 2024/2847, 20.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2847/oj). 34 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/24/oj).

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2. 103 clxiii European Commission clxiv ACTON, M., BOOTH, J. and PACI, D., 2025 Best Practice Guidelines for the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/9449356, JRC141521. clxv Technopolis Group et al. (2025), "Study: Cloud and AI". clxvi Blind, K. et al. (2021). The impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy. European Commission. Available at: Study about the impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy clxvii See Special report 12/2025 - The EU’s strategy for microchips ;

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3. It will be built on skills-related initiatives, including the Digital large scale skills partnership under the Pact for skills and the skills academies, including the AI Skills Academy. (26) The implementation of the Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should be entrusted to the Commission and Member States. The implementation of the Cloud and AI 16 Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030, (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2481/oj). 17 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘The Union of Skills’, 5.3.2025, COM(2025) 90 final.

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The European Commission is conducting a review of the scope, functioning, and efficiency of Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 on the International Procurement Instrument (IPI). The review evaluates the implementation of the regulation, including investigation processes, consultations, thresholds, exceptions, and the first adopted IPI measure regarding medical devices from China. It aims to assess the instrument's effectiveness in tackling procurement barriers in non-EU countries and ensuring a level playing field for EU operators. The findings will be presented in a report to the European Parliament and the Council by August 2027.

• Review of the scope, functioning, and efficiency of the IPI Regulation pursuant to Article 14.
• Assessment of investigation procedures, third-country consultations, thresholds, and types of measures.
• Evaluation of the application and implementation of the first IPI measure concerning Chinese medical devices.
• Analysis of the efficiency of online complaint tools and rules for determining origin.
• Execution of a 12-week online public consultation through the Have your say portal.
• Publication of a factual summary of consultation results and an implementation report to the European Parliament and the Council.

What is asked: Respondents are asked to provide views and evidence on the implementation, scope, functioning, and efficiency of the IPI Regulation in tackling non-EU procurement barriers, achieving market openness, and ensuring a level playing field, as well as the application of specific measures adopted under the Regulation.

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1. CALL FOR EVIDENCE FOR AN INITIATIVE This document aims to inform the public and stakeholders about the Commission’s work, so they can provide feedback and participate effectively in consultation activities. We ask these groups to provide views on the Commission’s understanding of the problem and possible solutions, and to give us any relevant information they may have. TITLE OF THE INITIATIVE International Procurement Instrument review LEAD DG - RESPONSIBLE UNIT Directorate-General for Trade & Economic Security - Unit B.3, Digital Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Procurement

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2. 4 We are consulting stakeholders to assess the implementation of the IPI Regulation in terms of: - the scope, functioning and efficiency of the Regulation in tackling non-EU countries procurement barriers, achieving openness of non-EU countries public procurement markets and ensuring a level playing field for EU businesses, goods, services and works; - implementation of specific measures adopted under the IPI Regulation. Target audience The target audience is composed of, in particular, interested parties affected by measures or practices in non-EU counties (e.g. businesses, business associations and cross-industry organisations), EU contracting authorities and EU contracting entities.

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3. The report presented the tools to support applying the Regulation, the IPI investigation into measures and practices in the PRC public procurement market for medical devices, and the insights drawn from applying the Regulation. Article 14 of the IPI Regulation provides that the Commission must review the scope, functioning and efficiency of the Regulation and report its findings to the European Parliament and the Council. The review report aims to assess the implementation and efficiency of the IPI Regulation. Problem the initiative aims to tackle The IPI is a relatively new instrument setting out new requirements for contracting authorities, contracting bodies and businesses operating in the EU procurement market. Measures adopted under the IPI restrict the access of non-EU bidders, goods, services and works to the EU public procurement market.

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