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European Organisation for Security

EOS

The European Organisation for Security represents the European industrial and research security community.

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European security industry urges funding for internal security strategy

11 Mar 2025
Topic — The consultation concerns a strategy to integrate security into all future EU policies.
Message — EOS requests a comprehensive approach that integrates an industrial dimension and supports collaborative research. They advocate for a dedicated Securing Europe Facility to bridge the gap between innovation and deployment.12
Why — This would improve the market position of EU firms against foreign competitors.34
Impact — Non-EU companies lose their competitive advantage within the European internal security market.5
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European security industry urges better innovation and joint procurement

7 Mar 2025
Topic — Evaluation of EU directives governing public procurement, concessions, and utility sector contract awards.
Message — EOS calls for stronger innovation partnerships to incentivize the development of new security solutions. They propose a central European role to identify capability gaps and coordinate joint procurement. Finally, they advocate for simplifying complex procurement processes to better support smaller security vendors.123
Why — Members would benefit from reduced financial risks and easier access to government contracts.4
Impact — National authorities may lose autonomy if procurement needs are identified by central European bodies.5
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Meeting with Elena Donazzan (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Strategia europea per la sicurezza interna

Meeting with Elena Donazzan (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo e priorità per il mandato del Parlamento Europeo

Response to Options for support for R&D of dual-use technologies

30 Apr 2024

The European Organisation for Security (EOS), as the representative of the European Industrial and Research Security Community, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to collect evidence on options to support Dual-Use technologies R&D. EOS believes that dual-use technologies development could largely benefit both public and private sectors and support the resilience and competitiveness of the European economy and strengthen European security capabilities. EOS believes that civil security technologies have their own specificities that set them apart from both purely civil and military technologies. Technical requirements for security applications are more stringent than pure civil technologies and, on the other hand, are less strict than defence technologies. While Option 2 and Option 3 might have some merit, the risks associated with the implementation of an untested framework can result in additional administrative workload for SMEs engaged in security research. Therefore, Option 1 seems, based on the current HEU and EDF set-up, the less risky route.
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Response to Countering the potential threat from Unmanned Aircraft Systems

3 Apr 2023

The European Organisation for Security (EOS), as the representative of the European Industrial and Research Security Community, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to collect evidence on countering the potential threats from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). EOS believes that UAS deployment and development should go hand-in-hand with the implementation of security standards, procedures and guidelines to avoid misuse and strengthen European civil security. Please find our feedback in the attached document.
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Security group demands clarity on Cyber Resilience Act product scope

10 Jan 2023
Topic — This consultation sets cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU.
Message — The group welcomes mandatory cybersecurity rules but seeks clarity on product categories and overlaps with existing regulations. They request that technical standards be defined before the law is adopted to ensure requirements are feasible.12
Why — Harmonized standards would ensure a level playing field and reduce market fragmentation for security firms.3
Impact — Manufacturers risk facing impossible compliance demands if technical standards are not finalized before enforcement.4
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Response to Enhancement of European policy on critical infrastructure protection

7 Apr 2021

The European Organisation for Security (EOS), as the representative of the European Industrial and Research Security Community, welcomes the Commission initiative of renewing an EU approach to Critical Infrastructure protection. The proposed directive acknowledges the evolution of threats that Member States (MS) must face, as well as the interconnected and cross-border nature of European Critical Infrastructure (ECI). EOS approves of the widening of the sectoral scope that will fall under the Directive. In the current sanitary situation for instance, healthcare facilities face an increasing number of threats and must therefore be included within the list of critical entities. Likewise, the digital aspect cannot be disregarded when addressing the resilience of ECIs. That is why EOS strongly supports the synergies with the NIS 2 Directive. In fact, the resilience of critical entities can only be ensured through a joint cyber-physical approach.
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Meeting with Despina Spanou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

12 Feb 2020 · European Policy on Hybrid Threats

Response to Multiannual Financial Framework - Internal Security Fund

14 Aug 2018

In the past two decades security threats have intensified and diversified in Europe. With the emergence terrorists attacks, new types of organised crime, as well as cybercrime, security has acquired a cross-border dimension and therefore a strong, coordinated EU response is needed. In fact, it would be trivial to think that individual Member States could meet internal security challenges without an overarching European response to these common threats. The Internal Security Fund is set up to facilitate cross border cooperation, as well as exchange of information between Member State law enforcement officials – and all other relevant authorities – in particular, with its aim of enabling the interoperability of the different EU information systems for security making borders and migration management more effective and efficient and by facilitating joint operational actions. EOS welcomes the current proposal, as well as the aim of making the Fund more flexible and by ensuring that the funding is steered towards EU priorities and actions with a significant EU added value. However, EOS believes that more can be done in order to achieve the aforementioned EU added value. The Fund should specify, in the text of the proposals the following themes in order to achieve the proposed goal: - The proposal should clearly state that European Security Autonomy should be supported, not only under the Union actions but also under the shared and direct management lines of funding (those that are under National Programmes) - It should be better specified how synergies and coherence with other Funds will be assured (first and foremost with the new IBM, then also with the AMIF, Cohesion Policy Funds, as well as the Horizon Europe). Furthermore, the legislative proposal should better explain what is considered to be a standard equipment (referring to Art. 4 of the proposed Regulation). So far, without a better definition of what is considered to be standard equipment there will not be problems just from the end-users perspective but also from the Private side.
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Response to Improve the security of ID cards and residence documents of EU citizens and of their non-EU family members

10 Jul 2018

Currently there is no significant hard or soft law at EU level as regards format, security or process related issues for ID cards and residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members. It is therefore neither necessary nor possible to include an option in this assessment which could aim to do less or simplify an existing EU framework. 2 out of 28 MSs do not issue ID Cards (Denmark and the United Kingdom). Their citizens travel in the EU with their passports which already include security features and therefore do not pose security risks under discussion. Six MSs do not issue registration certificates for EU mobile citizens. Nationals of those MSs could encounter occasional problems when exercising their free movement rights without these documents. However, requiring these MS to introduce or reintroduce such documents would place a substantial administrative border both on citizens and on the authorities, for modest benefit to a limited group of citizens. As a consequence, this excluded from all the policy options considered. The EU should act because what is needed is a common approach to enhancing security features of documents and establishing the data that documents should provide as minimum is still missing and results in continuing problems across Member States and an open door to document fraud. EOS – after having assessed the Working Staff document produced by the EC Commission – strongly endorses the following proposed policy options: Policy options ID: YES to options ID1, ID2 and ID3 which will all aim in a different way to an harmonisation of issuing ID cards. From a technological point of view this option includes adopting a format with some common features such as the information on the card, contactless chip containing the portrait of the holder and minimum security features as defined in ICAO Doc 9303. Fingerprints may also be stored in the chip in accordance with European specifications. In contrast, the legal basis for the regulation should not dictate which national eGovernement applications may reside in the chip of ID card used to provide digital identity and possibly digital signatures. These decisions should be left to the sole MS. To do so would be opposite to the current situation as (1) nearly all the ID card currently being issued contain different eGovernement applications, and (2) the eIDAS regulation has acknowledged the principle that digital identity shall be interoperable only at the back end system level, not at the ID card level. Should the proposed regulation also rule on eGovernement applications, it would have a serious impact on the current digital identity and trust services ecosystem of each MS. Policy options RES: YES to options RES 2 and RES 3. Given the key objective to improve the security of ID cards as travel documents, a mandatory RFID chip including biometrics (facial image mandatory, fingerprints optional) is proposed. These options will allow for TCN FAM residence cards and permanent residence cards will draw on the specifications set out in the ICAO document 9303.
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Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

14 May 2018 · Security domains and cybersecurity

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner)

12 Dec 2016 · contribution of the European Security Industry to the build-up of the Security Union

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

22 Sept 2016 · Role of the Private Sector in the next steps of the European Agendas on Migration and Security, including possible public-private partnerships.

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

22 Sept 2016 · Security

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

15 Sept 2016 · cyber-security; PPP

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy), Michael Hager (Digital Economy) and

10 Jun 2016 · cybersecurity

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

29 Mar 2016 · cyber security and airports

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

15 Mar 2016 · cybersecurity

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

25 Feb 2016 · cybersecurity

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

22 Jan 2016 · Land transport security, aviation security

Meeting with Diane Schmitt (Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos), Polykarpos Adamidis (Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos)

15 Oct 2015 · Border management, migration and security

Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)

14 Oct 2015 · Cyber security

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

23 Apr 2015 · Discussion on Issues related to Security Industry Competitiveness in the H2020 "Secure Societies" Programme

Meeting with Michael Curtis (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

25 Mar 2015 · Information meeting on cyber and integrated border management

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

10 Mar 2015 · European Fund for Strategic Investment

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy) and Indra

25 Feb 2015 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

19 Dec 2014 · Update on Security Flagships (Cybersecurity and Integrated Border Management)