The EU Commission's draft regulation seeks to balance data protection and innovation. The project is to be in place by 2025. At the same time, it is seen as a kind of test run for other sectoral data spaces.
By Eugenie Ankowitsch
The new Ecodesign Directive is supposed to specify additional sustainability criteria for more products. Retailers would prefer a catalog of specific rules. Consumer advocates see this as a delaying tactic.
By Manuel Berkel