Europe’s digital regulatory landscape continues to evolve, and so does the impact on your organisation. New rules, including those on cloud, AI and eIDAS 2.0, will shape how you operate and where your responsibilities lie. In this online D-scover Regulatory, we brought together three topics: the AI Act, eArchiving and the Cloud & AI Development Act.
Presentations from the event of 28 May 2026 (available for Beltug members after login).
28 / 05 / 26
KU Leuven started the D-scover Regulatory session with a practical look at the AI Act. Then Docbyte took us through the role of qualified eArchiving as the keystone of the eIDAS 2.0. We finished with a look into the European Commission’s Cloud & AI Development Act (CADA) and the joint position of Beltug and its sister CIO associations Cigref (France), CIO Platform (Netherlands) and VOICE (Germany).
While the AI Act was originally presented as a global first in regulating AI design, its ongoing reform through the Digital Omnibus on AI has created uncertainty, even as it promises to simplify AI governance. This session started with a quick, bird’s eye overview on the state of the current reforms of laws requiring AI security by design, in particular the AI Act. Then it addressed how these legal changes will impact the operations of businesses involved in developing AI in the coming years, in particular SMEs operating in the current geopolitical climate.
Koen Vranckaert, Doctoral Legal Researcher, Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven
eArchiving is not just another item on your eIDAS 2 compliance list. It is the keystone; the unifying trust service that enables all the others to hold up over time. Qualified signatures, registered delivery, digital wallets, data spaces: each solves part of the problem. But they cannot preserve their legal value for years and decades without a qualified archive behind them. eIDAS 2 introduced Qualified Electronic Archiving as a named trust service, and it has been in force since May 2024. This presentation delivered insight into the current status and how eArchiving connects to other regulations and requirements.
Frederik Rosseel, CEO, Docbyte
Europe faces a strategic choice. It can either remain highly dependent on non-European cloud and AI providers, or create a fair market, steer public spending toward the use of European solutions, and secure genuine digital sovereignty. Beltug, Cigref, CIO Platform and VOICE have drafted a joint position on the European Commission’s Cloud & AI Development Act (CADA). We caught up on the state of play of the legislation and walked through our shared messages on digital sovereignty.
Danielle Jacobs, CEO, Beltug
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