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ETSI

ETSI produces globally applicable standards for ICT-enabled systems, applications and services deployed across all sectors of industry and society

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Response to EU quantum Act

10 Dec 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on the EU's Quantum Act and welcomes the European Commissions ambition to position Europe as a global leader in quantum technologies. ETSI emphasises that standardisation is essential for integrating quantum technologies into market-ready infrastructures. By establishing robust frameworks for interoperability, security, and scalability, standards enable quantum innovation, support industrialisation, and drive market growth across the entire ecosystem, from start-ups to strategic projects. ETSI standards are globally acknowledged for their openness, impartiality, and consensus, serving both European policy objectives and the broader international community. Given its dual role and its direct-participation model, ETSI is well positioned to driving European-led engagements internationally with like-minded partners and in setting European and global standards for quantum technologies.
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Meeting with Guillaume Roty (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

2 Oct 2025 · - ETSI Operating Grant 2026 - Action Grants – Education, Quantum incubator - ETSIs new Group on Standardisation Request (GoSR) - Revision Regulation 1025/2012 - AUWP 2026/role of ICT standardisation in Euro

Response to Omnibus Directive Aligning product legislation with the digital age

2 Sept 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on the European Commissions Proposal for an Omnibus Directive aligning product legislation with the digital age, aimed at modernising and simplifying existing product safety and compliance directives, such as Directive 2014/53/EU on Radio Equipment (RED), and Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The initiative is important for ETSI, which is responsible for the development of several radio equipment and EMC standards, as well as the coordination of radio spectrum matters in relation to these standards. ETSI calls for a cautious approach to the use of common specifications in EU legislation, and strongly encourages policymakers to explore and leverage other existing ETSI deliverables.
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Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

29 Aug 2025 · Exchange of views on the reform of 1025/2012, discussion on current and forthcoming standardisation work and strategy by ETSI

Meeting with Fausto Matos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

29 Aug 2025 · Exchange of views on advancing collaboration with ETSI to support the Executive Vice-President’s agenda.

Response to Revision of the 'New Legislative Framework'

26 Aug 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on strengthening the NLF and underscores that harmonised standards constitute a key element of its success in supporting the EUs Single Market and EU policy objectives. ETSI welcomes efforts to enhance efficiency, transparency, and enforcement, while emphasising the need of adequate safeguards for market surveillance authorities. ETSI reaffirms that its direct-participation and consensus-driven model can be better leveraged to support the digital and sustainable transitions.
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Response to Revision of the Standardisation Regulation

17 Jul 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback to the European Commission's Call for Evidence on the revision of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. As a recognised European Standardisation Organisation, ETSI highlights the importance of preserving the proven benefits of the existing European standardisation system, while making better use of ETSIs full range of existing flexible tools. ETSI provides practical solutions to also ensure greater planning, anticipation and adaptability of the whole process.
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Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

3 Jul 2025 · Latest development within ETSI, standardisation

Response to The EU Cybersecurity Act

20 Jun 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on the call for evidence regarding an assessment of the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) adopted in 2019. Cybersecurity is a major focus area of ETSIs work with its Technical Committee CYBER being active for a long time supporting European and global market needs for improving cybersecurity and boosting resilience of the cybersecurity supply chain and industrial base within the Single market.
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Response to Quantum Strategy of the EU

29 May 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on the EU's Quantum Strategy with a focus on the key role played by European standardisation and ETSIs standards in particular as a catalyst for enabling interoperability, fostering innovation, and driving global collaboration in quantum technologies. Given its international exposure, ETSI is well positioned to driving European-led engagements internationally with like-minded partners and in setting global standards.
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Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization and European Committee for Standardization

28 May 2025 · Exchange of view between European Standardisation Organisations and DG GROW

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

28 May 2025 · Exchange of view between ETSI and DG GROW

Response to International Digital Strategy

20 May 2025

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is pleased to provide its feedback on the EU's International Digital Strategy with a focus on the key role played by European standardisation and ETSIs standards in particular as a catalyst for strengthening the EUs leadership in global digital affairs and in fostering competitiveness.
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Response to New comprehensive strategic approach towards India

8 May 2025

The European Standardisation Organisations (ETSI, CEN, and CENELEC) are pleased to provide their feedback on the EU-India relations towards a new comprehensive strategic approach. A key focus is the so-called SESEI project, aimed at deepening cooperation between India and the EU in areas standardisation and related policies.
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Response to Technical description of important and critical products with digital elements

18 Apr 2025

Dear Sir/Madam, Please find attached ETSI's feedback to the draft Commission implementing decision on technical description of the categories of important and critical products with digital elements listed in Annex III and IV to the Cyber Resilience Act. ETSI remains at your disposal at any time for further dialogue on this matter.
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Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

27 Feb 2025 · Opportunities for cooperation between the EU and India in the fields of research, innovation, Start Ups and innovation ecosystems.

Response to How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?

26 Jun 2024

ETSI input to the Consultation on the white paper "How to master Europes digital infrastructure needs?" ETSI welcomes the Commissions White Paper and believes it is indeed very timely to have a discussion on EU competitiveness in the telecom sector. ETSI very much agree on the problem statement and the fact that both technology development and the geopolitical context call for a thorough health check of EUs strategy, regulatory framework and tools. More specifically ETSI agrees with - the key role of connectivity in driving digital transformation and competitiveness across all sectors of the economy, and the worry that the connectivity infrastructure of the Union is not yet ready to address the current and future challenges of the data-driven society and economy (). - the need to address fragmentation and optimize coordination between stakeholders at EU and national level in order to drive progress on the digital single market. In this domain, we believe that in-depth consideration should be given to in-market consolidation as highlighted in the Letta report . - the fact that high performance mobile networks are key to Europe´s competitiveness, future technology leadership and decarbonization ambitions. We cannot harness and scale advances in AI, or cloud, or IoT for example without this transformational connectivity. While ETSI members agree on the diagnosis and several of the scenarios proposed, we think a greater focus should be put on EUs leadership in standardization, which contribute greatly to EU competitiveness. In some areas, it even contributes to putting EU on the global standards map in a way which is somewhat disproportionate to EU market share and this is an asset that should be valued and shielded by all means. In fact, the white paper acknowledges the power of standardization in statements such as decades of success in shaping mobile communications standards and driving innovation in the EU and globally, the challenge is to build on this leading position and leverage it to the broader supply and value chain such as in the area of edge and cloud omputing (). Indeed, the standardization machinery EU has at its disposal can greatly contribute to several of the objectives put forward by the white paper, inter alia: - safeguarding EU global leadership in electronic communications network equipment - enabling companies in different segments of the value chain to work together - ensure the results of advanced R&I projects are channeled into standards - End-to-end security in digital networks, with in particular post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution. This is why ETSI suggests to include standardization in the review of existing instruments suggested in scenario 10 of the white paper. We also suggest to ensure that the current evaluation of the standardization regulation do not alter the essence of a powerful system that as of today exports EU savoir-faire and projects EU soft power globally. ETSI drafted for the purpose of contributing to EC consultation a white paper on Standards in support of Europes Digital Infrastructure Needs, enclosed with this document. The white paper gives a panorama of ETSIs work programme and illustrates the depth and breadth of its ongoing standardization activities- in many of the areas mentioned in the Commission white paper. And indeed ETSI is more than willing to participate in the comprehensive dialogue with all concerned parties that will inform the next steps of the Commission.
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