Recital (26)

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

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The implementation of the Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should be entrusted to
            the Commission and Member States. The implementation of the Cloud and AI

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            Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022
            establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030, (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4, ELI:
            http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2481/oj).
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            Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European
            Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘The Union of Skills’, 5.3.2025,
            COM(2025) 90 final.

            Leadership Initiatives should, where relevant, also be entrusted to any other structure
            with the appropriate expertise and resources. In particular, without prejudice to the
            next (2028-2034) multiannual financial framework, it should be possible to entrust the
            implementation of the Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives to joint undertakings, such
            as the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (‘the JU’) established by
            Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 (18) or the European High Performance
            Computing Joint Undertaking (‘the EuroHPC JU’) established by Council Regulation
            (EU) 2021/1173 (19) and, where relevant, their successor.

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