Le numérique, marché uniqueeuropéen pour tous ?

Rencontres économiques, Paris 13 Novembre 2012

Miguel Gonzalez-SanchoCommission Européenne

DG CONNECT, unité "Croissance et emploi"

Structure

Does ICT matter ? – Facts [Growth]"Embracing an Innovation Stimulus Package", Google Inc., 12 July 2012

But we lack 700.000 people!

EU single market and ICT

• 2 dimensions of Digital Single Market: ICT sector and ICT asenabler

• Single Market as key foundation of EU integration

• Level playing field for economic operators; competition

• Cross-border transactions; market scale

• Much remains to be done to advance on the Single Market, evenmore on the DSM

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US sample: Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Amazon, Intel, Cisco, Google, Oracle, EMC, Qualcomm,CSC, eBay, Texas Instruments, Applied Materials, Micron, Motorola, Broadcom, Symantec, AMD, Yahoo,Facebook, Adobe, Juniper, SanDisk, Freescale

EU Sample: Nokia, Ericsson, Philips, SAP, Alcatel Lucent, Siemens Healthcare, Atos, Cap Gemini,STMicroelectronics, ASML, Infineon, NXP, Indra Sistemas, Dassault Systèmes, TomTom, Software AG,ARM, Siemens IT Solutions

Asia Sample: HTC (Taiwan), TSMC (Taiwan), LG (South Korea), Samsung (South Korea), Panasonic(Japan), Canon (Japan), Toshiba (Japan), Sony (Japan), Huawei (China), ZTE (China), Lenovo (China)

Still Europe is lagging in going digital :

Member States performance

What EU policypriorities?

Priority 1 - Connectivity

• Electronic communications (telecoms) fixed andwireless: EU-driven liberalisation = better competition,choice and quality, price

• Funding: structural funds; Connecting Europe Facility(CEF) including for broadband

Priority 2 – Data andInformation Management

• Copyright laws: orphan works, collective rigthsmanagement…

• Open data/ public service information

• Privacy

• Cloud computing

• Cyber-security

Priority 3 – Online services

• E-commerce: Directive 2000, action plan 2012

• Consumer protection: consumer rights, contract law,dispute resolution

• Online public services: e-government, e-procurement, e-health, e-justice…; CEF digital services

Priority 4 – Competition andcompetitiveness

• Competition Law

• Industrial property: patents…

• Standards and interoperability

• Research & Development support for ICT

• Skills and jobs

• Funding for entrepreneurship

Some EU policyframeworks

Framework 1: e-Commerce Action Plan (2012)

• Status: internet is economy 3% of EU GDP; e-commerce 3,4% of retail sales; 43%does e-commerce but only 9% cross-border

• Barriers: patchwork of rules and practices; insufficient consumer information andtrust; fragmented payment and delivery systems; low access to legal content…

• Goals: no change to e-commerce Directive but 16 measures to double weight ofinternet is economy in EU GDP and of e-commerce in retail sales

• Priorities

• Improve cross-border offer of products

• Better operator information and consumer protection

• Payment and delivery systems

• Combating abuse and resolving disputes

• Deploy high speed networks

Framework 2: Single market Acts; CLWP 2013

• SMA I (2011): 12 legislative proposals to adopt by 2012; all done, e.g.

• E-signature; access to venture capital; standards system; CEF; EU patent;dispute resolution; legal framework for e-procurement

• SMA II (2012): 12 extra legislative proposals to adopt

• 4 areas including "supporting digital economy in Europe"

• Payment services; broadband deployment; e-invoicing in public procurement

• Commission Legislative and work Programme 2013: other "e-relevant" proposals

• Review of technology transfer block exemption; review of standardisation acquis;VAT Directive review; action plan for wireless communications

Framework 3: Digital Agenda

Single European Marketin digital sphere

Basic broadband for allEuropeans by

2013and faster rollout of

high speed internet

E-skills for all Europeans

Interoperability & standards

Trust & security online

ICT research & innovation

ICT solutions for ageing,climate change,

cleaner transport,e-government, e-health …

• Annual state of play of progressin all 101 Digital Agenda actionsin all 27 EU Member States

• Overall progress good:

• 38 actions completed

• 49 on track

• 14 actions behind schedule,but delivery dates in 2012

• Forthcoming DAE Review willprovide analysis

Digital AgendaScoreboard

Digital Agenda Review – what are the issueswe are facing in the key areas?

• High speed broadband connections

• Cloud computing

• Internet trust and security

• Entrepreneurship and skills

• Online content & services

• Research and innovation

Conclusions• Increasing importance on digital economy is reflected in EU activity

• Many EU actions are relevant to Digital Single Market; both ICTsector and ICT as enabler

• Much remains to be done on the Digital Single Market

• Right rules

• Properly implemented and complemented

• Better information and transparency; culture change

• EU action necessary but not sufficient; national and local action alsoimportant

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