This document comprises the Final Report, produced under the contract between the European Commission and a consortium consisting of time.lex, Spark Legal Network and Tech4i2, for the project 'Cross-border data flow in the digital single market: study on data location restrictions' (SMART...

Regulation (EC) 764/2008 ('the Mutual Recognition Regulation'), laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC, aims at strengthening the functioning of the internal...

The study on the analysis of the needs for cross-border services and assessment of the organisational, legal, technical and semantic barriers (SMART 2011/0074) assessed the needs and demand, costs-benefits and barriers for cross-border services where interoperability is a key factor. The study...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the available mechanisms for personal data transfers between the EU and the UK after Brexit. The study shows that an adequacy...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the available mechanisms for personal data transfers between the EU and the UK after Brexit. The study shows that an adequacy...

This report was prepared by time.lex and Spark as a part of the European Commission's study on the clarification of the applicable legal framework for full, co- or self-regulatory actions in the cloud computing sector (SMART 2015/0018). It contains an overview of the main characteristics, pros...

This report was prepared by time.lex and Spark as a part of the European Commission's study on the clarification of the applicable legal framework for full, co- or self-regulatory actions in the cloud computing sector (SMART 2015/0018). It contains an overview of the main characteristics, pros...

With the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme coming to an end in 2020, the question of the long-term sustainability of the CEF-funded Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) beyond the programme needs to be addressed. The objective of this study was to assist policy makers in selecting the...

With the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme coming to an end in 2020, the question of the long-term sustainability of the CEF-funded Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) beyond the programme needs to be addressed. The objective of this study was to assist policy makers in selecting the...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is developing rapidly and may challenge conventional business, market, policy and societal models. In particular, the economic, socio-political, legal and technological governance of the internet is based on assumptions about rational choice, market forces and...