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A European Commission (executive body of the European Union) This week the siege against Chinese 5G Equipment Suppliers naming the Huawei and the ZTE by expanding recommendations for risk reduction at suppliers.
Along with the new “toolkit” that paves the way to restricting the two companies’ activities on the continent, the EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Bretonalso raised grievances about bloc member states that had not followed the previous 2020 recommendations.
“Three years later, almost all member states have implemented the recommendations into their national legislation and can now decide to restrict or exclude providers based on a security risk analysis. only ten of them used these privileges to restrict or exclude highrisk suppliers“, pointed out Breton (himself a French businessman from the IT and telecommunications industry).
For the commissioner, the movement would be slow and would pose a risk to the bloc’s collective security which is why the commission agreed to it Second 5G Security Advisory Report. The new document “confirms that decisions by some member states to restrict or ban Huawei and ZTE from their 5G networks are justified and in line with our toolbox,” Breton said.
“We will continue to work resolutely with lagging member states and telecom operators. I can only stress the importance of speeding up decisions to replace highrisk providers on their 5G networks. I also remind the telecom operators involved that it is time to deal with this problem,” added the Frenchman.
The Commission also announced that it will implement the principles of the 5G “toolbox” in its own procurement of telecommunications services. The executive body still will take the Rules into account when allocating funds to programs. “We cannot afford to maintain critical dependencies that could become a ‘weapon’ against our interests,” Breton continued.
call it quits
According to this news report, the movement is part of an offensive by the European Union to force member countries to take a more critical stance towards Chinese suppliers. It is speculated that the next step would be to open a dumping (unfair competition) case against Chinese manufacturers in the World Trade Organisation. If adopted, this measure may impede the conclusion of contracts with these suppliers.
In a recent interview accompanying this news, the Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil, Ignácio Ybañez, defended Brazil’s focus on the “5G toolbox” without mentioning nationality restrictions and reiterated the EU’s concerns about the issue of security in 5G Nets. On the other hand, European countries are known to resist the introduction of stricter restrictions, largely due to pressure from operators, fearing higher costs and a delay in technology adoption on the continent.
disagreement
More details on the new letter of recommendation from the European Commission and Enisa the EU Agency for Cybersecurity can be found here. at this link (in Portuguese). To the international news portal Mobile live worldHuawei criticizes the actions and comments of the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market.
“We strongly disagree and disagree with the comments made by the representatives of the European Commission. […] that clear are not based on a verified, transparent, objective and technical evaluation of 5G networksAccording to the giant, by “publicly selecting an individual” the commission would “violate the principles of free trade”.
“It is of the utmost importance to emphasize that the discriminatory assessment of being a highrisk supplier should not be applied to a supplier without due process and proper hearing. As an economic operator in the EU, Huawei abides by procedural and substantive rights and must be protected by EU and national laws and international obligations.” (Contributed by Samuel Possebon)