EU governments agree negotiating position on digital simplification package
By Júlia Tar ( October 21, 2026, 15:45 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments’ negotiating position on the digital simplification package was agreed by national ambassadors on Wednesday afternoon, MLex has learned, following an impasse over trade-secrets protections. The text prepared by Ireland includes safeguards for industrial manufacturing know-how and calls for a review of privacy obligations. Negotiations on a final text could begin once the European Parliament agrees on its own position.EU member states' negotiating position on the proposed digital simplification package was finalized on Wednesday afternoon after national ambassadors reached an agreement, MLex has learned. It ends a period of disagreement over trade-secrets protections and settles governments’ position for negotiations to come with the European Parliament....
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