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[To Eurosmart members only]
MEPs adopted the Directive on the Resilience of Critical Entities
On 12 October, a vast majority of MEPs voted in favour of the draft report on the Directive on the Resilience of Critical Entities (CER). The vote took place within the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament. Pursuant to this Directive, Member States will have to ensure that critical entities take appropriate security measures to ensure their resilience. Critical entities belong to the following sectors: energy, transport, banking, financial market infrastructures, health, drinking water, waste water, digital infrastructure, public administration, space.
The Directive addresses the physical security aspect of those critical entities, while NIS 2 addresses the cybersecurity aspects. In this respect, the two directives are complementary and well aligned – the NIS 2 list of essential entities corresponds to the CER list of critical entities.
MEP Michal Simecka (Renew, Slovakia), in charge of the file, added a point to underline that “where external providers are involved in security management, critical entities should ensure their compliance with generally accepted standards and specifications”.
He also added a paragraph to state that “[i]n order to promote the consistent implementation of this Directive, Member States shall, without imposing or discriminating in favour of the use of a particular type of technology, encourage the use of standards and specifications relevant to the security and resilience of critical entities”.
In the introduction, Michal Simecka further puts the emphasis on the “hybrid nature of many threats”.
MEPs of the LIBE Committee also gave the green light for the European Parliament to start negotiating with Member States.
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