CYBER SECURITY : ENISA: CONSENSUS ON SEVEN-YEAR MANDATE.

The mandate of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is set to be extended to a seven-year period as well as being reinforced. The European Parliament and the Irish Presidency - negotiating in the name of the Council - reached a political compromise, on 29 January, on the reform of the agency, whose mandate expires on 13 September 2013. The compromise was reached only a few days before the European Commission presents its EU cyber security strategy (comprehensive communication). As for the Council, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) will vote on this political agreement in its 1 February meeting. It is Europolitics' information society understanding that Coreper will not oppose it. The EP looks set to endorse the Commission's communication in its Strasbourg plenary session in April.

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