European Union: Digital-by-default regulation in Directive and Regulation amending EU product legislation as regards digitalisation
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
09 Jun 2026 under deliberation
21 May 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods
Government Branch
legislature
executive
Government Body
parliament
central government
Implementation Level
supranational
Timeline of events
Council presidency and European Parliament reached provisional agreement on digital-by-default regulation in Directive and Regulation amending EU product legislation as regards digitalisation
On 9 June 2026, the Council presidency and the European Parliament's negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the two omnibus instruments amending 20 pieces of EU product legislation to introduce a digital-by-default approach to economic opera…
Event type
law
Action type
passage
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament
Commission proposed digital-by-default regulation in Directive and Regulation amending EU product legislation as regards digitalisation
On 21 May 2025, the European Commission proposed two omnibus instruments amending 20 pieces of EU product legislation to introduce a digital-by-default approach to economic operators' obligations. The instruments apply to manufacturers, importers, d…
Event type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government