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Recital (73)

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

(73)

Finally, the sharing of data centre services and cloud computing services within the
            EuroCloud Federation should be anchored in a public-sector cooperation. Such
            cooperation should be governed solely by considerations of public interest, and should
            not entail any form of consideration in exchange for another. In particular, the sharing
            of services within the EuroCloud Federation should be free of charge, except where
            the charges are limited strictly to what is necessary and proportionate to recover the
            costs incurred by the sharing entity for the beneficiary using entity. Those costs should
            be limited to the additional costs incurred in the sharing of capacity, including for
            allocating and isolating resources, managing access, enabling the integration and
            interoperability of resources, ensuring compliance with the applicable requirements
            under Union law and managing the sharing relationship. The fees levied by the sharing
            entity to recover those costs should not be deemed as a consideration for the provision
            of a service and should not constitute a pecuniary interest or public contract within the
            meaning of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (34)
            and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Under those conditions, the sharing of
            public-sector data centre services and cloud computing services within the EuroCloud
            Federation should not fall under Union public procurement rules.

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