Considerations on COM(2025)22 - Signing of the Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore

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dossier COM(2025)22 - Signing of the Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore.
document COM(2025)22 EN
date April 14, 2025
 
table>(1)On 27 June 2023, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Singapore for an agreement on digital trade disciplines. The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (the ‘Agreement’).
(2)The Agreement is a modern, self-standing agreement that will complement the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (1), with ambitious and binding commitments on digital trade. The Agreement will enhance consumer protection online, provide legal certainty for businesses, ensure trusted data flows and address unjustified barriers to digital trade, in line with the Union’s digital trade policy that aims to contribute to the Union’s digital transformation and its economic security.

(3)Therefore, the Agreement should be signed.

(4)The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and delivered an opinion on 21 March 2025,