Amendment 264· Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 30a (new)

(30a)The simplification of the Union’s digital acquis, including of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, should not be a one-off exercise but a continuous task. This Regulation and the parallel proposal amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Digital Omnibus on AI) constitute only first steps towards a simpler, innovation-friendly regulatory framework. In line with the Union’s targets of reducing administrative costs by at least 25 %, and by at least 35 % for SMEs, the Commission should continuously monitor the administrative burden arising from the digital acquis, in particular for SMEs and small mid-cap companies. As a next step, the Commission should present a broader and more comprehensive digital simplification package, covering the whole digital acquis.