20. Underlines that cloud computing raises the issue of determining the applicable law and defining the responsibilities of all involved parties in terms of implementation of EU data protection legislation, especially with regard to EU users’ stored data using cloud computing technology by companies established in third countries; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that any transfer to and processing of EU residents’ personal data by a cloud operator established in a third country takes place in accor ...[+++]dance with EU data protection legislation; calls, furthermore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU-based cloud users are informed when cloud operators communicate their data to the law enforcement authorities of a third country; stresses, in particular, its concern in future trade agreements over the responsibilities of Internet service providers, which include data protection;

3. Underlines that the longer-term strategic dimension of cloud computing should be fully acknowledged and supported as an opportunity to relaunch the European economy (incorporating research and development, and the use of cloud technology in industry, for instance);

Furthermore, a control strategy for the evaluation of the financial and technical capacity of beneficiaries will be developed and implemented as well as a risk-categorisation of beneficiaries based on fraud-indicators, registration in IT tools and flagging for ex ante / ex post audits.

(1) Forming part of the Union’s general strategy aimed at combating organised crime, increasing the resilience of computer networks, protecting critical information infrastructure and data protection, the objective of this Directive is to approximate rules on criminal law in the Member States in the area of attacks against information systems, and improve cooperation between judicial and other competent authorities, including the police and other specialised law enforcement services of the Member States, the Commission, Eurojust, Europol, Union and national computer emergency response teams and the European Network and Information Securi ...[+++]ty Agency, to enable a common and comprehensive Union approach.

Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments: enabling research, including ‘omics’ technologies, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, systems biology, bioinformatics and converging technologies for micro-organisms, plants and animals, including research on the exploitation and sustainable use of their biodiversity.

This technology is expensive and could be rivalled, for example, by WiFi, which means that today, it is not clear whether 3G communications will take over part of what information technology is currently doing or if, on the contrary, information technology will gradually replace what GSMs are doing.