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From Monday, 9 to Wednesday, 11 March 2026, AmCham EU travelled to the European Parliament in Strasbourg for a series of meetings with policymakers to discuss ongoing EU digital policy initiatives. The delegation met with  members of the European Parliament, accredited parliamentary assistants and group policy advisers , to discuss priorities for the EU’s digital agenda. This includes exchanges on AI Omnibus, Digital Omnibus, Cybersecurity Act review, the Digital Networks Act and the upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act. Throughout the meetings, members emphasised the importance of urgent action to support the simplification of overlapping digital rules, strengthening cybersecurity while avoiding fragmentation in the Single Market and supporting innovation through proportionate, risk-based regulation.

Together with 14 industry associations from various sectors, AmCham EU has signed a joint statement calling for the withdrawal of horizontal label requirements under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. While supporting the objective of improving the sustainability of products placed on the EU market and providing transparent information to consumers, the group warn that introducing horizontal labelling requirements without specific metrics and methodologies risks creating regulatory complexity and consumer confusion. The signatoires urges EU policymakers to instead address the need for a label and potential related requirements through product-specific measures supported by robust methodologies.