EU lawmakers recommend cloud-switching exemptions in digital legislation

By Júlia Tar ( November 10, 2026, 10:41 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's planned digital legislation package should enable cloud providers to be exempt from some obligations that help customers change suppliers under certain older contracts, a European Parliament committee has recommended. The opinion from the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection will feed into the parliament's deliberations on the so-called Digital Omnibus which aims to simplify the EU’s digital rules and make them more business-friendly.The EU's planned digital legislation package should enable cloud providers to be exempt from some obligations that help customers change suppliers under certain older contracts, a European parliamentary committee recommended on Tuesday. ...

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