SIVECO Romania S.A.
SIVECO
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ID: 711125827775-73
Lobbying Activity
Response to Fairness in platform-to-business relations
6 Nov 2017
WELL PRODUCED DOCUMENT, BASED ON THE DETAILED PREVIOUS RESEARCH. THE AIM OF THE INTERVENTION IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR THE PROPER PROGRESS OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. THE OBJECTIVES AND WAYS TO ATTAIN THEM ARE CLEAR AND LUCRATIVE.
OUR PROPOSAL CONSISTS IN COMBINING OPTION 2 AND OPTION 3, IN A PROGRESSIVE MANNER, SIMILAR TO THAT ADOPTED FOR GDPR:
• ELABORATION OF THE FULL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
• SCHEDULE OF ITS COMING INTO FORCE WITHIN, SAY, 3 YEARS FROM PUBLICATION, THUS ALLOWING FOR A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF GRACE NEEDED FOR EVEN SLOWEST ORGANIZATIONS TO BECOME COMPLIANT
• THE OPERATION UNDER OPTION 2 SHOULD LAST FOR 2 YEARS AND OPTION 3 SHOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE AFTER THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR
• PLATFORMS SHOULD ALSO BE EXAMINED IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF NET-NEUTRALITY DISCUSSIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS
JUSTIFICATION:
• BASELINE APPROACH IS EXCLUDED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. "NO ACTION" WILL LEAD TO SERIOUS, PERHAPS IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE, AFTER ALL, A MAJOR FACTOR OF PROGRESS (INGENUITY, FLEXIBILITY, MOBILITY THEY EXHIBIT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES)
• OPTION 1 SEEMS TO US TO BE TOO LENIENT. ALTHOUGH EASIER “TO SWALLOW” AND, POSSIBLY, IMPLEMENT, IT WOULD LEAD, IN NOT A TOO DISTANT FUTURE, TO THE RECURRENCE OF THE PROBLEMS IT ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE. HOWEVER, IT IS A VERY GOOD APPROACH FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
• OPTION 2 IS GOOD, YET NOT GOOD ENOUGH. PRACTICE HAS SHOWN THAT OPERATION BASED ON A STRONG, WELL DESIGNED AND WELL ENFORCED SET OF RULES (SUCH AS OPTION 3 PROVIDES) IS A BETTER GUARANTEE FOR SUCCESS. HOWEVER, WE CONSIDER OPTION 2 A WISE AND NECESSARY STEP (TRANSITION PERIOD) TOWARDS PROPER SET INTO OPERATIONS OF PROVISIONS UNDER OPTION 3
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