Digital Package and Omnibus - France Digitale’s Contribution to the European Commission Call for Evidence
We welcome the European Commission’s willingness to streamline the EU’s digital regulatory framework. The objective should be better articulation and coherence of digital rules. Simplification must not result in weakening or indirectly deregulating key legislative acts such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) or the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The objective should be to create a well-structured, consistent, and future-proof digital rulebook that supports innovation while maintaining trust and fairness in the digital economy.
Startups and scale-ups need clarity, predictability, and coherence in the digital rulebook. Over the past few years, a large number of regulations have been adopted, while each pursues legitimate objectives, their fragmentation and overlap create growing challenges for startups and scaleups.
Without a consistent and readable framework, startups risk non-compliance, not due to bad faith, but because of regulatory complexity. This situation also undermines the effectiveness of the rules themselves.
For startups, competitiveness depends on being able to focus resources on innovation and scaling, not on navigating administrative burdens. Excessive compliance requirements delay innovation, a risk that small actors simply cannot afford.
It is also essential that EU rules apply uniformly across all 27 Member States. Divergent national interpretations undermine the single market and discourage scaling across borders.
We encourage the Commission to conduct a systemic evaluation of how existing and
upcoming EU digital rules affect startups and scaleups.
Such a review should aim to:
- Identify and remove inconsistencies and overlaps between texts;
- Develop common taxonomies and definitions across legislations;
- Streamline the number of governance bodies and simplify interactions for businesses;
- Clarify and, where appropriate, simplify procedural obligations.