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 <h1>Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software</h1>
 <p>The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) today launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).</p>
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 The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) today 
 launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the 
 Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). In September last year, the EU Commission 
 presented the CRA. The proposal to exclude Free Software “outside the 
 course of a commercial activity” would fail to address a large part of 
 software that will not be covered but is deployed. Furthermore, smaller 
 and non-profit projects would be harmed as they would have to bear 
 major costs. We, therefore, <a href="news/2023/news-20230323-01.html">proposed a solution</a> 
 that will lead to more security while safeguarding the Free Software ecosystem:</p>
 <ol>
 <li>Liability should be shifted to those deploying Free Software instead of those developing Free Software and</li>
 <li>Those who significantly financially benefit from this deployment should make sure the software becomes CE-compliant</li>
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 <em>Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant explains: 
 <italic>"The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, a 
 committee for opinion in CRA, has backed our demand and voted for the 
 protection of Free Software developers in the Cyber Resilience Act. We 
 are particularly delighted with the transfer of those protections into 
 an article and the precise description of how Free Software should be 
 protected in the future. The lead committee is now called upon to 
 follow this vote"</italic>.
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 <p>Shortly, the leading committee, Committee on Industry, Research and 
 Energy (ITRE), will define its position and submit it to the plenary 
 for a vote. After that, the trialogue with Parliament, Council and 
 Commission will begin in order to reach a final agreement. At the same 
 time, similar rules are being negotiated in the Product Liability 
 Directive (PLD). Here, too, FSFE is calling for <a href="/news/2023/news-20230323-01.html)">the protection of 
 developers of Free Software</a>. We thank all those organisations and individuals contributing to this position and making sure to safeguard Free Software in those files.
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  <title>IEA: EU Parliament advances in stengthenting the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve</title>
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 <h1>IEA: EU Parliament advances in stengthenting the role of Free Software, yet needs more to improve</h1>
 <p>The two EP Committees for opinion, IMCO and LIBE, have today 
 adopted their texts on the Interoperable Europe Act. While both 
 recognise the importance of Free Software for this regulation, the 
 inclusion of the Free Software community in the Board remains 
 uncertain. The wording on proper monitoring and evaluation goes in the 
 right direction.</p>
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 <p>The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) 
 and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) 
 have today adopted   by a large majority their opinions on the 
 Interoperable Europe Act.</p>
 <p>The IMCO Committee, following some of <a 
 href="/news/2023/news-20230323-02.html">our demands</a> has highlighted 
 the need for public bodies and institutions to prioritise the use of 
 Free Software in order to support the creation of reusable solutions. 
 Furthermore, it has also recognised our demand for clearer objectives 
 and indicators to measure its achievement. Moreover, it has included 
 measures to report and monitor the number of Free Software solutions 
 developed and adopted by the public sector within the scope of the 
 Regulation.</p>
 <p>Unfortunately, no amendments to include more stakeholders in the 
 Interoperable Europe Board were adopted, apart from the proposal to 
 include the European Parliament as an observer. Therefore it is now up 
 to the lead Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) to take  
 further steps forward in the direction of enriching the Board.</p>
 <p>On the other hand, the LIBE Committee has briefly included the wording to 
 encourage Free Software solutions when it comes to enhancing 
 transparency in the processing of personal data within the scope of 
 this regulation. However, this wording still needs to be improved by 
 more firmly prioritising the use of Free Software for such purpose.
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 <em>Lina Ceballos, FSFE Project Manager states: <italic>“We welcome 
 that the European Parliament has taken notice of some of our demands, 
 especially when it comes to proper monitoring and evaluation. However, 
 there is yet the need to include more stakeholders in the governance. 
 Thus we urge decision makers to recognise the role that the Free 
 Software community could play in the Interoperable 
 Board"</italic>.</em>
 </blockquote>
 <p>In the coming weeks, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energiy 
 (ITRE) will agree on its text, which will most likely be voted in 
 plenary after the summer break, and then enter into the 
 inter-institutional negotiations. We call upon the decision makers to 
 not only anchor the progress that IMCO and LIBE have achieved  with its 
 opinion but also to undertake the actions needed for a more inclusive 
 governance approach by including the Free Software community as part of 
 the Interoperable Europe Board. This is also true for the Council, that 
 <a href="/news/2023/news-20230623-01.html">wants to exclude relevant 
 stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe</a>. </p>
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