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EU states can block high-risk vendors from telecom networks, legal opinion says

( March 19, 2026, 09:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: EU member states should be able to block the use of software and hardware in their telecom infrastructure on the basis that the vendor poses a risk to national security, subject to judicial review and based on a specific assessment, a legal opinion provided to the EU's highest court has said. The guidance from the advocate general of the EU Court of Justice follows a legal challenge to an Estonian ruling that hardware and software from Chinese company Huawei posed a risk to the country's national security, one of the first cases to test the limits of national security derogations on critical infrastructure. Press release and legal opinion in attachment. The case reference is C-354/24 Elisa Eesti. ...

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