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Ref. Ares(2020)1637275 - 18/03/2020
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10/12/19 between Anthony Whelan and the ERT on Green deal and digital strategy, 
single market, R&D&I, data, 5G 
 
Meeting with …………………………………………… o
  f ERT 
Business accepts and supports the priorities on green and digital transformation. 
Welcomes engagement on both. 
Worrying competitiveness numbers, with disproportionate EU loss of global market 
share relative to GDP. 
Need for speed in setting and enforcing single market standards, releasing 5G 
spectrum at reasonable prices, important broader industry interest in getting 5G 
right, need to boost EU R&I and digital deployment budgets. 
Strong interest in the review of competition rules (e.g. recently announced market 
definition review). 
Data: ERT is actively discussing B2B data-sharing issues at expert level, including 
security aspects.