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STM is grateful for the opportunity to respond to the call for evidence on the Digital Omnibus initiative, part of the Digital Package on Simplification. We support efforts to reduce unnecessary administrative burden and to ensure greater coherence and clarity across Europes digital rulebook.

STM response to Call for Evidence on an AI Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Sectors 2 September 2026 STM welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a dedicated AI Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Sectors. Europe has an opportunity to unlock the full potential of AI innovation by empowering its cultural, creative and scholarly sectors to harness AI and drive innovation in their own fields.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

STM welcomes the possibility to provide feedback on the European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, and its ambitions to lead globally in promoting the uptake of new technologies whilst ensuring that the highest levels of excellence and trust are guaranteed. STM publishers are in a unique position in that they are both producers and users of data for AI purposes.

STM welcomes the ambitions of the European Commission to lead globally in promoting the uptake of Artificial Intelligence whilst ensuring that the highest levels of excellence and trust are respected and delivered to European consumers and businesses.

STM is grateful for the opportunity to respond to the Call for evidence on a Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation and provide information to support the EU Commissions assessment of the need for intervention and potential ways forward.

STM (https://www.stm-assoc.org/) supports its members in their mission to advance research worldwide. As academic and professional publishers, learned societies, university presses, start-ups and established players, we work together with the science community to serve society by developing standards and technology to ensure research is of high quality, trustworthy and easy to access.

STM welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission’s (the “Commission’s”) Inception Impact Assessment on the future Data Act. STM welcomes the overall goal of the Commission to work towards the creation of a Single Market for data, where data flows between countries and sectors, where data is available for use in full respect of European values and rules, and where there are fair, practical…

STM welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act, DSA) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive, ECD). STM believes that the DSA provides a positive horizontal approach which seeks to provide clarity regarding the responsibilities of providers of intermediary services.

STM welcomes the ambition of the European Commission (EC) to upgrade the rules for digital services and further deepen the Digital Single Market through a new Digital Services Act (DSA) package. The E-Commerce directive (ECD, Directive 2000/31/EC) has been a cornerstone piece of legislation since 2001, underpinning the functioning of the internal market and playing a pivotal role both for and throughout the whole…

STM welcomes the ambition of the European Commission to create a single market for data, facilitated by clearer, harmonised rules for data exchange and by increased trust between citizens, businesses and public sector bodies (PSBs). We appreciate the possibility to provide feedback to the proposed Data Governance Act (DGA).

STM welcomes the ambition of the European Commission to lead in the data economy and harness the potential of data to serve citizens, businesses, public institutions and society at large. In particular, STM agrees that it is crucial to focus on interoperability and enabling standards to deliver on the promise of data sharing.

STM has closely followed the development of the European Research Area (ERA) since its inception and now actively participates in the ERA Forum. We welcome the opportunity to provide comments on the forthcoming ERA Act while highlighting the contribution of academic publishers to achieving its objectives.