Arthur's Legal B.V.
Arthur's Legal
Arthur's Legal, founded on 1 January 2001, is a leading global tech and strategic law firm with headquarters in Amsterdam, and with partnerships in every member state of the European Union, as well as most countries in the world.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Requirements for Artificial Intelligence
5 Aug 2021
Arthur's Legal, Strategies & Systems strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission for the current proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. The Commission's initiative will help ensure that AI is safe, lawful and in line with EU fundamental rights, and related responsibility, accountability (and liability) attribution. The overall goal is to stimulate the uptake of trustworthy AI in EU society and economy. We underline the importance of establishing such framework to foster safe, trustworthy and accountable AI-supported innovation.
We also strongly support the proportionate, risk-based approach of the regulation. Adding AI to a process, technology or (eco)system could strengthen the capacity to do good and address societal challenges – of which also the EU and its member states, communities and residents have plenty, both short term, mid term, long term and extreme long term –, but it could also increases risk and augment the potential material detrimental impact. It is important to ensure that these risks are mitigated, and organisations (whether providers, users or otherwise) being ethically, socially and legally responsible, accountable and liable.
We believe that the current proposed AI Act is generally well-developed; however, some parts are not yet sufficiently developed or otherwise deserve further considerations, conditions, qualifications, detailing and other improvements.
We believe it will be helpful to take in and consider the observations, recommendations and other feedback as attached in the seperate file.
Read full responseResponse to Revision of the NIS Directive
18 Mar 2021
Arthur Strategies & Systems is part of Arthur’s Legal. It has handpicked experienced interdisciplinary experts to focus on ability to navigate, enable, facilitate as well as execute and systemize.
Our core team consists of attorneys at law, senior legal counsels, governmental advisors, strategists, innovation, policy & standardisation experts, community & competence builders, technologists, all well-connected in the world of sustainability, technology, policy, finance & global business. Our daily domains are, among others, cybersecurity, safety, privacy, data, data strategies, data sharing, attributed and other evidence-based trust and trustworthiness, human-centric digital transformation, applied innovation, next generation ecosystems, competence and capability building, impact-based deployments, sustainability, human values, accountability and dynamic assurance. We are already active in these domains for more than 20 years.
We strongly support and endorse the initiative by the European Commission for the Revision of the NIS Directive, and have certain observations and recommendations that in our view both are essential and will further improve the current draft without intervening with the current structure.
Recommendations for instance related to:
1. Ecosystem Thinking
2. Holistic Involvement Approach
3. Life Cycle Thinking & Implementation
4. Omni-stakeholder Approach
5. De-Silo-ed & Integration Approach
6. Harmonizing certain NIS Requirements on Union Level
7. Full Endorsement on Encryption
We believe the mentioned observations and recommendations support the Commission in its mission to successfully implement the NIS 2 Directive to further fortify cybersecurity resilience in the EU and to provide an adapted and innovative responses to the challenges presented by the expanding threat landscape.
We continue to be dedicated to this and are as always ready to further help and engage and keen to further elaborate on the above at the Commission’s request.
Read full responseResponse to Setting up an Infrastructure for Spatial Information (INSPIRE) - Evaluation of the Directive
19 Oct 2020
Arthur Strategies & Systems, part of Arthur’s Legal, strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission for setting up an Infrastructure for Spatial Information. Technology-driven applications have transformed society along with every other sector of our economy and data – in all its many forms and categories – is the main catalyst for this transformation. Digital is a need to have; not a nice to have. It is time we act accordingly; as Europeans.
In today’s time, data plays an integral role in bolstering the economy, encouraging innovation, creating jobs and supporting different industries. However, lack of incentive for EU organizations to share such data has left several individuals and organizations to resort to platforms and applications from outside of the EU with advertisement business models.
This is further problematic and puts forth one of the biggest challenges, which was also highlighted by European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton is that ‘About 80% of all the generated data in the world is in the hands of 4, 5 or 6 international players. They have created a sort of monopoly based on their and our data.’
This backdrop underscores the significance of the INSPIRE Directive that obliges Member States to share geospatial data to support EU’s environmental policies and policies thereby further solidifying the highly discussed “EUs digital sovereignty.” The COVID-19 pandemic has
further underscored the fundamental role of data in crisis management and equipping governments to make informed decisions. Moreover, the pandemic also raises important questions on sharing data and the associated hurdles.
While we appreciate the objectives and intent of the INSPIRE Directive, the 13 years that have elapsed since the Directive was implemented have presented several challenges as well as developments that need to be accounted for in order to ensure the Directive’s relevance in this dynamic and fast-paced environment. Moreover, the observations and recommendations in the attached document will enable seamless sharing of data including that relating to geospatial data also in line with the Directive on public access to environmental information and the Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information.
Read full responseResponse to Digitalisation of justice in the European Union
8 Sept 2020
Arthur Legal, Strategies & Systems strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission for the Digitalisation of Justice in the European Union.
Martin Luther King rightly said, ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’. Legal empowerment and equal access to justice are pillars for a well-functioning democratic society.
Digitisation and the related digital transformation have had a fundamental impact on every sphere of our society and hence extending that potential for the purpose of delivering justice is certainly a step in the right direction. Digital is a need to have; not just a nice to have. However, technology never is or can be the main driver, especially not in the vital part of our human and universal values: the Rule of Law and its justice systems.
In our contribution we highlight several challenges and possibilities to cater for the aim and objectives that the Commission has, from the full perspective of the four main dimensions: People, Process and Data, while having a technology-neutral, technology-agnostic and human-centric approach.
We continue to be dedicated to this and are as always ready to further help and engage, and keen to further elaborate on the above at the Commission’s request.
Read full responseResponse to Implementing act on a list of High-Value Datasets
24 Aug 2020
Arthur's Legal, Strategies & Systems strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission for the Implementation Act on a list of High-Value Datasets.
Technology-driven applications have transformed society along with every other sector of our economy and data – in all its many forms and categories – is the main catalyst for this transformation. Open data, and data for Good, is an essential for the success thereof. It is no longer a nice to have.
In the attachment we have several constructive obversations and recommendations that should be helpful to and enablers for the mission of the European Commission and the related stakeholders to create common European data spaces where open data and data sets, as well as other data, information and knowledge from public bodies, business and citizens can be used safely and fairly for the common good.
Read full responseResponse to Intellectual Property Action Plan
23 Aug 2020
Arthur's Legal, Strategies & Systems strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission to launch the Intellectual Property Action Plan to upgrade the existing IP system, promote its smarter use, ensure better enforcement & promote fair play globally for IP & IPR.
There is no denying that efficient, well-designed and harmonious IP & IPR regimes are key enablers and facilitators to encourage and protect investment in innovation and growth, and transparently allocate the proceeds and other fruits thereof to the appropriate stakeholders, including even the creative self-employed professionals, early-stage companies, other SMEs and Midcaps & Corporate intrapreneurs.
As per a recent, joint project between the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, IP/IPR-intensive industries generated almost 45% of total economic activity (GDP) in the EU, worth EUR6.6 trillion. They also accounted for most of the EU’s trade with the rest of the world and generated a trade surplus, thus helping to keep the EU’s external trade broadly balanced.
However, the question is whether this past reflects our future as well. We believe that is not the case, as the strength and other benefits of traditional IP/IPR as we know it, has greatly diminished and will continue to do so. This, as per the Digital Age and globalisation we live in. The traditional IP/IPR systems are not working for the future as they did for the past.
The attached document provided by Arthur Strategies & Systems, Part of Arthur’s Legal B.V. with its headquarters in Amsterdam, contains various following constructive observations and recommendations for the Intellectual Property Action Plan (IPAP).
Read full responseResponse to Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces
31 Jul 2020
Arthur's Legal, Strategies & Systems strongly supports and endorses the initiative by the European Commission to create frameworks for common European data spaces.
Technological innovation has transformed society along with every other sector of our economy and data is the main catalyst for this transformation. Digital is a need to have; not a nice to have. It’s time we act accordingly as Europeans, and global citizens.
Our observations and recommendations are set forth in the attached document. We believe those further support the Commission in its mission to create common European data spaces where data from public bodies, business and citizens can be used safely and fairly for the common good.
We continue to be dedicated and are as always ready to further help and engage.
Read full responseResponse to A new Circular Economy Action Plan
9 Jan 2020
The attached document provided by Arthur Strategies & Systems, Part of Arthur’s Legal B.V. with its headquarters in Amsterdam, provides feedback in response to the related roadmap published by the European Commission concerning the Circular Economy Action Plan to increase recycling and reuse of products in the EU.
Since 2001, Arthur Strategies & Systems has been active, advising, enabling and facilitating European organisations, people and society in the domains of Sustainability, Digital, Cyber-Physical & Accountability. These, and especially the ongoing convergence of these domains are perfectly aligned with the new Commissions’ mission and ambitions.
At the outset, we would like to convey our support and appreciation for the Circular Economy Action Plan as well as the European Green Deal proposed by the Commission and its mission to make the EU the first climate-neutral continent. The objective to safeguard human life, animals and plants by cutting pollution – also by means of increasing recycling and reuse of products in the EU – and at the same time encouraging companies to become world leaders in clean products and technologies is laudable. Additionally, the roadmap on the Circular Economy Action Plan takes a comprehensive overview by highlighting the context, challenges and action points that need to be considered to increase the circularity of the EU’s economy.
However, the role of human-centric, society-centric and ecology-centric technology in acting as one of the major catalysts in the creation of a future-proof circular economy, including leadership as well as employment and innovation potential for the EU, its people, communities and member states, has been overlooked in this discussion.
The digital revolution has evolved at an astronomical rate and has transformed every aspect of modern life. The foundational relations between the physical and digital have become and will become even more intertwined wherein there will be an increasing symbiosis of the physical, physical-cyber, cyber and cyber-physical worlds.
In the present discussion, in addition to the EU Industrial Strategy, the Commission’s initiatives to make ‘Europe fit for the Digital Age’, while making the EU future-proof, also regarding demography, employment, innovation and digital sovereignty, are highly pertinent.
In several instances, the new Commission has acknowledged the far-reaching impact that digital technologies are having on the lives of Europeans and how it has transformed the way individuals communicate, live and work.
Besides increasing the quality of living in a responsible way while making organisations, society, ecology and economy more agile, digital technologies can be leveraged to further augment the creation of a circular economy while also focusing on sustainable growth.
For that purpose – and with no self-interest whatsoever other than that our team and their family and friends are global citizens of this globe too, care about it a lot and wish to support efforts to make our economies and society future-proof, also ecologically – we would recommend that four (4) main notions are taken into account (which are set forth in the attached document, in brief).
Read full responseResponse to European Electronic Health Record (EHR) Exchange Format
19 Dec 2018
The initiative of the Commission and the Roadmap are much appreciated and strongly supported by Arthur’s Legal. It is one of the important practical and concrete applications that can demonstrate the benefits of DSM in real-life and essential operations, and how valuable the European Union and its internal connections and collaborations are.
In its multiple capacity as an organization providing strategic and legal services & systems, Arthur’s Legal is well equipped to expand on data sharing, interoperability and related matters with the vision to contribute in a meaningful manner to the creation and strengthening of a Digital Single Market (DSM) at EU level and then beyond.
Already for 18 years Arthur’s Legal supports and actively contributes – in a non-partisan, non-sponsored and neutral yet critical and constructive way – to initiatives of the Commission and other institutions to make human- & societal-centric Connect & Collaborate possible and sustainable, and move away from the Command & Control mode that so many organisations in any sector – also in the health sector – are still in. In this Digital Age, were connectivity, inter-connectivity and hyper-connectively are creating so many great possibilities (next to quite some challenges), it is easier than ever to build a transparent, balanced, resilient and human-centric Europe where EU values are built in by design and sustained. We appreciate all the work that the Commission is doing to enable and facilitate this.
For our full views about this Roadmap, including some suggestions/ recommendations on EHR, Interoperability, Personal Data Management, Data Sharing, and Loading the EU Legal Framework in the Digital Age, we refer to the attached document.
Thank you for your attention, and the opportunity to contribute.
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