Recital (81)

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

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Open source plays an important role in ensuring transparency, security and efficiency
            in the use of digital technologies by the public sector. Access to the source code
            enables auditability, fosters collaboration and reuse and reduces dependency on a
            single vendor, thereby limiting the risk of vendor lock-in. Promoting the use of open
            source is therefore essential to support innovation, ensure better value for public
            expenditure and strengthen the Union’s digital autonomy. In that context, the choice of
            cloud computing services or software has significant implications not only for cost-
            efficiency, but also for security, interoperability, accountability and technological
            autonomy

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