POSITION PAPER: Simplification Priorities For The Digital Omnibus

CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, strongly supports the European Commission’s efforts to build a more coherent and innovation-friendly digital regulatory environment.

The forthcoming Digital Omnibus is both imperative and eagerly anticipated by the manufacturing sector, given the growing importance of regulating cybersecurity, data sharing, and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as the increasing compliance challenges manufacturers are facing.

Regulatory clarity and proportionality are not only essential for compliance, but they are also key enablers of innovation, productivity, and sustainable growth for Europe’s machinery industry. However, the overlapping scopes and inconsistent application of the Data Act, AI Act, and Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) have created considerable legal uncertainty, particularly for machinery manufacturers and OEMs operating in complex contractual and technical environments. The Digital Omnibus should therefore deliver practical simplifications that make it easier for businesses to operate efficiently across the Single Market. CECIMO welcomes the Commission’s ambition for a more business-friendly digital framework.

When different legal acts are not properly aligned, “regulatory peaks” can emerge, situations where overlapping or conflicting obligations place an uneven burden on companies. Multiple laws may regulate the same issues in different ways or rely on inconsistent definitions, forcing manufacturers to design products according to several, sometimes incompatible, specifications. In some cases, different acts even require separate reporting channels for the same safety incident. The result is more bureaucracy, higher costs, and slower innovation.

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