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Orange welcomes the European Commission willingness to simplify the digital rule book. Achieving such a simplification is of paramount importance and will contribute to the strengthening of EU competitiveness. Please find our detailed feedback in the attached document.

Orange strongly supports the overall objectives and general approach of the European Commissions draft Regulation on Mobile Satellite Service (MSS). MSS has gained significant importance thanks to latest technological innovations - including the development of direct-to-device (D2D) communication capabilities.

Orange response to the Commissions Call for Evidence on the Digital Networks Act. Orange calls for a bold review of the telecoms framework to ensure it is fit for purpose to deliver a digital continent while strengthening European competitiveness and fostering investment in digital infrastructure.

The EU open-source sector benefits from growing developer community, strong public/academic/industrial foundations, and close alignment with EU values. Open-source is a key lever for digital sovereignty. Open-source delivers strategic independence, security, efficiency and innovation for public/private sectors.

Orange’s preliminary position on the Artificial Intelligence Act Orange welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act. This proposal, a first of a kind as highlighted by the EC, will have significant implications for AI ecosystems once it enters into force.

Orange welcomes the opportunity to provide input in the context of the review of the Cyber Security Act. It is a timely review of both the mandate of ENISA and of the European Cybersecurity Certification Framework, allowing us to take stock and plan for the future.

Orange welcomes the EC consultation on the White Paper. We share its diagnosis and call on EU policy makers to adopt urgently the concrete measures necessary to restore growth and competitiveness of the telecoms sector, and to meet the Digital Decade targets to the benefit of EU end-users and businesses.

Orange response to the EC Inception Impact Assessment - DSA Package clarifying responsibilities for digital services We welcome the EC’s policy objectives to provide a modernized framework for digital services. We believe that the future DSA package clarifying responsibilities for digital services should strive to provide a high level of legal certainty.

Orange Business Services' Health Subsidiary – Enovacom - fully agrees and supports the European Commission initiative “Digital health data and services – the European health data space”. We strongly believe that it is of paramount importance to design a European Health Data Space that respects the core European principles and values, especially on Data privacy, GDPR and equal access to healthcare innovation to…

As a longstanding contributor to European and international standardisation, Orange remains committed to supporting innovation, interoperability, and competitiveness through its active participation in key bodies such as ETSI, 3GPP, and ITU.

Orange response to the Inception Impact Assessment - DSA Package Ex ante regulatory instrument for large online platforms with significant network effects acting as gate-keepers. Orange welcomes the EC initiative to ensure that “large online platforms that benefit from significant network effects remain fair and contestable, in particular in situations where such platforms may act as gatekeepers”.

Orange Comments on the European Commission’s Initiative for reviewing the NIS Directive Orange welcomes the Commission’s initiative to review the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive in light of current technological, market and regulatory developments and to provide an effective pan-European instrument for network security.

Orange welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commission's Call for Evidence for an Impact Assessment in relation to a new framework for standard essential patents. The attached document provides comments that complement our input provided in response to the questionnaire of the public consultation, also on the topic of a new framework for standard essential patents.

Orange's inputs to European Commission Roadmap on eIDAS With eIDAS, the EU laid the foundations and a predictable legal framework for people, companies and public administrations to safely access services and carry out transactions online and across borders.

Orange considers that while some adjustments could be introduced to the Roaming Regulation, there is no justification for additional or new type of intervention, especially regarding the wholesale caps. The Roam Like At Home has been a great success for EU citizens and has been delivered by Mobile operators under the current Regulation thanks to the efficient functioning of the wholesale market.

Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with a total customer base of 261 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2018, including 201 million mobile customers and 20 million fixed broadband customers. Orange is present in 28 countries, including 7 Member States.