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CENTR, the association which represents European national top-level domain name registries (ccTLDs) such as .si or .eu, has published a White Paper on registration data accuracy in European national domain registries.

In a nutshell: The President of the European Commission issued her State of the Union Letter of Intent for 2022, whilst the Czech Presidency outlined its priorities to committees of the European Parliament. The European Commission released its proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act and for an Artificial Intelligence Liability Act. The CJEU reaffirmed the prohibition of the general and indiscriminate retention of electronic communications data. IMCO released its opinion on the EUID proposal and the European Parliament issued a Study on Updating the European digital identity framework. The AGRI Committee published a Working Document on the proposal for the reform of geographical indications for wine, spirits drinks and agricultural products. The British National Cyber Security Centre issued guidance on the taking down of malicious content to protect brands.

In a nutshell: The Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the ‘Path to the Digital Decade’ 2030 policy programme. The Council of the EU released its Conclusions on EU Digital Diplomacy. The European Parliament issued a Study on internet fragmentation and on Europe’s PegasusGate. The Council of the EU issued its compromise text on the EUID proposal, while ITRE’s Draft Report received numerous amendments. Further information was provided on the political agreement on the CER Directive.

CENTR, the association of European national top-level domain name registries (ccTLDs) such as .ie or .eu, has published a comment on the geographical indications reform in the EU, expressing its concern for the potential implications of extending GI protection to domain names. CENTR welcomes the overall goal of revising the geographical indications (GI) legal framework in the EU to ensure the production of quality agricultural, craft and industrial products, but fears that the current proposal could have unwarranted consequences on the domain name system, and thus on the functioning of the essential internet infrastructure.

The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Edition 2/2022 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market.

IETF 114 was held in Philadelphia, between 23 July and 29 July. Marco Davids from SIDN Labs attended the meeting and has written a summary of the main points of relevance for CENTR members.

The Weekly News will be going on holiday for the next couple of weeks, and will return in the week of 1 August. The CENTR Secretariat wishes you a wonderful summer!

In a nutshell: the Czech Republic unveiled its Presidency Programme. Progress was made on many important legislative files for internet infrastructure actors: the European Parliament adopted the Digital Services Act, the Council of the EU published its political agreement on NIS 2, and political agreements were reached on the CER Directive and on core elements of the e-Evidence package. As for the EUID Regulation, ITRE issued its draft report, and Members of the European Parliament suggested amendments to the proposal within several Parliamentary committees.

In a nutshell: The Council adopted its position for the ‘Path to the Digital Decade’ 2030 policy programme. The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a political agreement on the NIS 2 Directive and continued negotiating for consensus on the CER Directive. The European Data Protection Supervisor issued its opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on cybersecurity measures in the EU institutions. The European Commission issued its proposal for a CSAM Regulation and its Strategy for a better internet for kids. Europol published a report on misleading invoice fraud targeting the owners of intellectual property rights. The 2^nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention opened for signature in Strasbourg, whilst the European Union and the United States issued a Joint Statement at the Trade and Technology Council in Paris.

From 31 May to 2 June CENTR held its annual Jamboree meeting in Prague, kindly hosted by CZ.NIC, the Czech national domain name registry. With more than 190 in-person participants and over 90 online, this is the first time the whole community has gathered in-person since the Jamboree in 2019.