Article 16

Source context: Chapter III · TITLE IV · Chapter I

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Official source: COM(2026) 502 final — Proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act

Article 16

Scope
     1.   This Chapter establishes a Union cloud computing sovereignty framework
          comprising four Union assurance levels, the criteria for which are set out in Annex
          II, that cloud computing service providers shall meet in order to provide their cloud
          computing services to Union entities and public sector bodies.
     2.   The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 45
          to amend the Union assurance levels set out in Annex II and the evidence set out in
          Annex III.
     3.   To ensure Annex II and Annex III remain up to date with new legal or technical
          developments, the Commission shall review them at least every 18 months.

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