Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP RFID – What to expect from EU Regulation? Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis Member of European Parliament Committe of Industry/Research/Energy

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Why does the EU Regulate? Harmonising Legislation of Member States in the Single Market 70% of Economic Legislation in Member States by EU 80% of Environmental Legislation 90% of Consumer Protection Legislation 100% of Food Safety Legislation Producing too much EU Laws? What ist „Better Regulation?“ EU Competence to Regulate Two Instruments: Directives and Instruments

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP How does the EU Regulate? Commission has right of initiative Organising consultations (involving all stakeholders) White paper (optional) Communication to the Council and the European Parliament If asked by the Council: Proposal for a legislation Process of co-decision / EP equally involved Example: „Software Patents“ Influence of European Parliament has grown

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Why is RFID important for EU? Competence is given (Information Society) Question of Single Market („trade barrier“) Lisbon Agenda Consumer protection EU Commissioner Viviane Reding: „RFID, which will soon replace bar codes in your supermarket, offer tremendous opportunities for business and society. But their power to report their location, identity and history also raises serious concerns about personal privacy and security, as well as technical interoperability and international compatibility.“

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP What does the EU concretely do on RFID? On 9 March EU Commissioner Reding launched wide-ranging public debate Question: Opportunities and challenges posed by RFID for government, industry and society 4 major steps 1.March-June 06: Series of high-level workshops 2.June-July 06: Wide-public online-consultation based on outcome of workshops (on Commission‘s Website) 3.Fall 06: Final report and presentation of findings 4.End 06: Communication on the future EU framework for RFID

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Thematic Workshop 1: RFID Application Domains and Emerging Trends RFID Offers promising application potential Various domains: Pharmaceuticals, health, agriculture, transport, logistics, security etc. → Workshop will identify applications and prioritise them

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Thematic Workshop 2: RFID Research and Technological Trends Carry out a survey of the important technological trends (e.g. enhanced sensors, nonsilicon technologies) Summarise innovative applications brought by introducing „Ambient Intelligence“ and „Internet of Things“ concepts Including technological chellenges for software and networks Defining future requirements for collaborative research at EU level (FP 7, especially „Ambient Intelligence“) Analysing likely social, political and economic impact of the new technologies

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Thematic Workshop 3: End-User / Consumer Issues (Privacy) Adressing the possible need for revising the e-privacy directive in relation to RFID Ethical implications of RFID Acceptability of technological approaches to build trust Special focus on privacy and authentification (tag to reader, reader to tag, reader to network) Enhancing security (main concern when it comes to privacy)

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Thematic Workshop 4: Interoperability / Standardisation / IPR Discussion of interoperability issues and solutions Dealing with patents related to RFID Covering all levels of standardisation that play a role in facilitating the rollout of the technology Including governance models and processes for RFID technologies and related database systems Especially when objects of any kind are linked to a data source (Object Naming System, DNS, IPv6 etc.)

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP Thematic Workshop 5: Frequency Spectrum Requirements – Status/Trends Addressing the need and availability of spectrum for RFID Defining a feasible implementation strategy for the UHF and HF RFID tags Identification of obstacles (technical, economic, political) Provision of wide support from Member States

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP What has been done so far? In January 2005 the Art. 29 Working Party published an opinion paper „Working document on data protection issues related to RFID technology“ In September 2005 the Results were posted on the website („Results of the Public Consultation on Data Protection Issues Related to RFID Technology“) Two opposed groups of stakeholders: 1.Most corporations and trade associations (exept industry that provides security solutions) 2.Consumer associations, universities, think tanks arguing for better data protection

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP What does the European Parliament do? STOA (Scientific and Technical Options Assesment) Issued a study on RFID carried out by the Rathenau Institute in NL Panel decided on a workshop in May 06 (most probably 22 May) Panelists include 1.EU Commission/ENISA 2.Rathenau Institute 3.Metro (Dr. Wolfram) 4.Philips (Terstegge) 5.RFID Info Forum (Dr. Huber) 6.Consultancies/Academia

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP What can we learn from „Software Patents“? NGO Society Emotions are stronger than arguments Industry should not overestimate its role (e.g. REACH) EU Commissioner set things very clear: „Let me be clear: I will not see the liberty of citizens their fundamental rights being compromised.“ Involve the civil society – use positive examples (Football Championship) If citizens are convinced about the advantages they would accept impact on privacy (e.g. GSM)

Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis MEP What to do now? Cebit caused a broad public interest EP will be on board after the Communication by the Commission end of 2006 But once the Communication is drafted, changes are more difficult to achieve Take the privacy issue seriously into account – the earlier the better → Involve Politicians on all levels now!