While the obligations set out in this directive do not extend to key providers of information society services, as defined in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services, which underpin downstream information society services or on-line activities, such as e-commerce platforms, Internet payment gateways, social networks, search engines, cloud comp ...[+++]uting services in general or application stores, these may, on a voluntary basis, inform the competent authority or single point of contact of those network security incidents they deem appropriate, and the competent authority or the single point of contact should, if reasonably possible, present the market operators that informed of the incident with strategically analysed information that will help overcome the security threat.

P. bearing in mind that because many petitioners, especially among the younger sectors of the population, make great use of the social media as a channel for communication, the Committee on Petitions has developed its own network under the auspices of the European Parliament and is regularly followed by a growing number of persons on mainstream social media, which are especially active and found useful around the times of Committee meetings; and whereas it has also developed a significant number of regular subscribers, currently 1 500, to the Committee’s newsletter, the Péti Journal;

P. bearing in mind that because many petitioners, especially among the younger sectors of the population, make great use of the social media as a channel for communication, the Committee on Petitions has developed its own network under the auspices of the European Parliament and is regularly followed by a growing number of persons on mainstream social media, which are especially active and found useful around the times of Committee meetings; and whereas it has also developed a significant number of regular subscribers, currently 1 500, to the Committee’s newsletter, the Péti Journal;

While the obligations set out in this Directive should not extend to key providers of information society services, as defined in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services , which underpin downstream information society services or on-line activities, such as e-commerce platforms, Internet payment gateways, social networks, search engines, cloud ...[+++] computing services in general or application stores, these might, on a voluntary basis, inform the competent authority or single point of contact of those network security incidents they deem appropriate.

While the obligations set out in this Directive should not extend to key providers of information society services, as defined in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services, which underpin downstream information society services or on-line activities, such as e-commerce platforms, Internet payment gateways, social networks, search engines, cloud ...[+++]computing services in general or application stores, these might, on a voluntary basis, inform the competent authority or single point of contact of those network security incidents they deem appropriate.

Based on existing networks, e.g. in Cedefop, this will aim to analyse and exchange innovative experience in formal and non-formal contexts, while creating the conditions for transfer within the Community.