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Regulation on security of EU information (2022 proposal)

Documentation relating to the 2022 proposal for a Regulation on information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union. The proposal threatens to pave the way for the transformation of the "EU bubble" into a sort of (administrative) fortress, and substitute the principle of "transparency by design" with the principle of "confidentiality by design."

For an analysis of this proposal, see: The proposal on security of EU information: transforming the “bubble” into a “fortress”? by Emilio de Capitani.

Note: further documentation is available in the Council's register of documents.

Council Security Committee: outcomes of proceedings (meeting minutes)

• 7 July 2022 (Council doc. 11228/22, LIMITE, 18 July 2022, pdf)
• 8 June 2022 (Council doc. 10136/22, LIMITE, 22 June 2022, pdf)
• 26-27 September 2022 (Council doc. 12913/22, LIMITE, 12 October 2022, pdf)
• 26-27 October 2022 (Council doc. 14593/22, LIMITE, 23 November 2022, pdf)
• 16 November 2022 (Council doc. 16162/22, LIMITE, 16 December 2022, pdf)
• 7-8 December 2022 (Council doc. 16250/22, LIMITE, 20 December 2022, pdf)
• 3-4 May 2023 (Council doc. 9200/23, LIMITE, 1 June 2023, pdf)
• 4-5 July 2023 (Council doc. 11683/23, LIMITE, 24 July 2023, pdf)

Council Security Committee opinions

• Opinion of the Council Security Committee on the proposal for a Regulation on information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union (Council doc. 10091/22, LIMITE, 13 June 2022, pdf)
• Projet de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil relatif à la sécurité de l’information dans les institutions, organes et organismes de l'Union - Avis du Comité de sécurité du Conseil (Council doc. 10231/22, LIMITE, 14 June 2022, pdf)

Discussion paper

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union - Discussion paper on the main issues regarding governance (Council doc. 8453/1/23 REV 1, LIMITE, 26 June 2023, pdf)

Lists of working papers

• Working papers examined by the Council Security Committee, CSC(IA) and SAB during the first semester of 2022 (Council doc. 10693/22, 1 July 2022, pdf)
• Working papers examined by the Council Security Committee, CSC(IA) and SAB during the first semester of 2023 (Council doc. 11023/23, 4 July 2023, pdf)