Benefits of specific dsm strategy initiatives

• Author: Petropoulos, Georgios; Marcus, J. Scott; Yeung, Timothy
• Pages: 39-56

Contributio n to Growth : European Digital Single Market: Deliverin g economic benefi tsto citizens and busin esses

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4. BENEFITS OF SPECIFICDSM STRATEGY INITIATIVES

In this chapter, we evaluate the various legislative measures that have been proposed or enacted

pursuant to the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, including measures related to consumer

protection.

We begin by reviewing the taxonomy of legislative measures developed in a companion study to this

one that addresses legal, as distinct from economic, aspects of DSM legislation (Section 4.1). This

enables us to group the measures into seven broad categories. In addition, we consider a few pre-

2014 electronic communications measures for which estimates of societal benefits are readily

available.

We then fo llow in Se ction 4.2wi th an expl anation, category b y category and le gislative measure by

legislative measure, of the benefits that can be assumed to be associated with each measure. We

conclude in Sect ion 4.3with a tabular summary of these results, together with a simple summ ation of

estimated benefits. As already explained in Chapter 1, this simple summation greatly overest imat es

the probable real benefits. In Chapter 4.4, we use broader measures to detect and to partially corre ct

for estimation errors in the simple summation.

4.1.A taxonomy of DSM measures

We follow a taxonomy of legislativemeasures derived from that used in the companion study by

deStreeland Hocepied(2019). The shadings (green or yellow) in Table 5 denote whether the

measure in question is either enacted or has been substantially agreed (green),versuswhet her itis

still being negotiated (yellow).

The groupi ngs of me asure s taken a re ca rrie d forward i nto the ec onomi c analy sis i n Sect ion 4.2.

KEY FINDINGS

We identify some €176.6 billion in annual gains (in current euro) resulting fr om le gis la tiv e

measures enacted (or expected to be enacted) in the current legislative term once the

measures are fully effective, corresponding to 1.2% of current (2017) GDP. This estimate is

based on Commissi on Impact Assessments and other publicl y available sources.

The largest gains achi eve d flow fro m (1 ) e le ctroni c comm unications ne tworks and serv ice s, ba s e d

mainly on the EECC and secondarily on increased roaming due to RLAH, (2) data and AI, based

mai nly on the Di rec tive on the r e-use of publ ic se ctor i nformation, and sec ondarily on free fl ow of

non/personal data and on GDPR; (3) e-commerce, content and online platforms, based on the

Geo-Blocki ng Regul ation, the VAT m oderni sation p rogram me, and the Regul ation on Cr oss-Border

Parcel Delivery; and (4) e-Gove rnment, p rovide d that the Single Digital Gateway is i mp lement ed

wel l and wi del y use d.

The large be nefits attributed to the EECC reflect various spil l-overs into the overall digi t i sa t ion o f

European society enabled by measures that promote the deployment of fibre-based fixed

broadb and an d of 5 G mo bi le s erv ices.

We have also identified an additional € 87.9 billion in annual gains that might be realised by filling

in gaps in the DSM Strategy as presently enacted. These are addressed in Chapter 5.

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Table 5. Digital Single Market (DSM): Legal instruments adopted or proposed during the 8th Legislature (2014-2019).

E-commerce,

Content and

online pla tforms

Intellect ual

Property

Data and AI24

Trust and security

Consumer

protection

E-Government

Electronic

commun ications

networks and

services

Regulation on

cross-b order

portability of online

content services

(2017)

Directive Trade

Se cret (2016)

Regulation General

Data Protection

(2016)

Reg . e IDA S ( 2014)

Regulation on

Consumer

Protection

Coo pe rati on (2017)

Regulation

establishing a

Single Digital

Gate way (2018)

Regulation Open

Internet / roaming

/ TS M (2015)

Regulation

addressing

unjustified geo-

bl ocki ng (2018)

Regulation and

Directi ve p ermi tted

uses in copyright

for print-disabled

pe rson s ( 2017)

Regulation on Free

flow of non-

personal data

(2018)

Directive on

Netw ork

Information

Se curi ty (2016)

Directive on

contracts for the

supply of digital

content - P2015

Directi ve o n the re -

use of public sector

information

(re cas t) P 2018

Decision on use of

470-

790 MHz

frequency band

(2017)

Council Regulatio n

and Directive VAT

for e-Commerce

(2018)

Council Directive

on VAT for

e-publications

(2018)

Council Regulation

establishing the

European High-

Perf ormance

Computing Joint

Unde rta ki ng ( 2018)

Regulation on the

EU Cybersecurity

Act – P2017

Directive on

co

ntracts for sales

of goods - P2015,

M2017

Regulation on

wholesale roaming

(2017)

24Also, Re gulation on protection of personal data by the Union institutions and bodies – P2017.