Lobbying actions
New legislation and regulations at the European and national level are essential for companies activities.
Based in Brussels, Eurosmart is for its members the gate to the European institutions. It promotes interoperable solutions, standards and quality, monitores the development of possible new applications for Smart Secure Devices and shares its expertise with these institutions to make the digital environment a safer place.
Eurosmart role is to:
- inform its members about regulatory developments at the EU level and to offer them the opportunity to defend their position on the European scene;
- prepare and disseminate position papers;
- organise meetings with EU officials;
- position Eurosmart within consultative stakeholders groups and European projects on R&D and innovation.
Eurosmart has especially a key role to play in R&D at EU level. The monitoring of R&D opportunities is indeed crucial to explore future Smart Secure Devices developments and contribute to security and interoperability. In this respect, Eurosmart objective is to contribute to the technology development and to share experience with other participants, by participating to Information Society Technology (IST) projects supported by the European Commission.
Eurosmart recently registered as the professional association representing the Smart Security Industry in the new European Register. In the context of the European Transparency Initiative, the European Commission opened a voluntary Register to let citizens know which general or specific interests are influencing the decision-making process of the European Institutions.
Eurosmart took the opportunity to strengthen its visibility on the European scene and demonstrate its strong commitment to transparency and the full legitimacy of its activities.
Examples of projects:
Smart Meiji project (2001-2003) to encourage the co-operation between Europe and JapanLink to the descrption of the project
SINCE project (2001-2004) to promote contactless technologies
Link to the descrption of the project
SmartCord (2001-2003) to coordinate the Mechanism for Smart Card Charter Implementation to structure and promote the eEurope Smart card initiative
Link to the description of the project
RESET project (2002-2003) to develop a Technology roadmap
http://www.ercim.org/reset/
Smart IS (2000-2002) to develop a secure identification/ authentication module
http://www.smartis.org/
InspireD (2004-2006) to define and promote new standards for the smart cards and secure devices industry
Link to the description of the project
2010 : Eurosmart supports the EU-wide deployment of life-saving in-car e-Call system
On 4 May 2010, Eurosmart Chairman Marc Bertin signed the Memorandum of Understanding on e-Call - the in-car emergency call system - to support the EU-wide deployment of intelligent transport systems.
Participating to the signature ceremony organised by the European Commission in Brussels, Marc Bertin declared: "The Smart Security Industry represented by Eurosmart has committed today to support the European Commission on the e-Call project and is proposing its expertise to contribute to the systems' interoperability, with the proper level of security".
2010 : Eurosmart representation at the EPC Cards Stakeholders Group
The GIE Cartes Bancaires organised a conference on 8 April in Paris. Lorenzo Gaston, as representant of Eurosmart at the EPC Cards Stakeholders Group, made a presentation in French entitled "Problématique de l'évaluation et de la certification fonctionnelles et sécuritaires au niveau européen".
2010 : Eurosmart contribution to the EC consultation on tachographs
Eurosmart took part to a consultation held by the European Commission on tachographs until 1 March 2010.Eurosmart is keen to contribute to the definition of all applications that need security. In Eurosmart opinion, the smart card is the key element of the security of the current tachograph equipment, and similarly to payment, identification and telecommunication application fields, this technology shall remain a key pillar of the global security of an innovative in-vehicle system that can be restricted to tachograph functions or enlarged to other off-line and/or on-line functionalities.
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2008-2009 : Eurosmart contribution to the EC consultation on the Internet of Things
Eurosmart took part to a public consultation held by the European Commission between September and November 2008. Stakeholders were invited to make comments on the Staff Working Document on the early challenges of the "Internet of Things". Contributions served for elaborating a Commission Communication on the Internet of Things that was adopted in June 2009.
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