European critical infrastructure: Revision of Directive 2008/114/EC

Summary:

Council Directive 2008/114/EC is part of the EU framework for critical infrastructure protection. While embracing an all-hazards approach, its scope is limited to the sectors energy and transport. This is widely considered a shortcoming. Calls for broadening its scope and for refocussing the directive on resilience rather than just protection, and interconnectivity of critical infrastructures resulted in a new legislative proposal the Commission presented in December 2020.

Further information:

This EPRS Briefing is part of a series of implementation appraisals produced by the EPRS on the operation of existing EU legislation in practice.

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