Dear Bert, all,

thanks, just to clarify on topic 1: we are not proposing to make all Labels compulsory. On the contrary, we are asking not to change the existing approach for the EU, in line with the PRD document from November last year. In the PRD, we have always referenced levels 1-3 for cloud services offered in the EU/EEA – whereas level 1 is the starting point for conformity with the Gaia-X policy rules and not optional.

What has been changed in fact is the introduction of a ‘basic conformity’ level which has effectively lowered the entry point for Gaia-X compliant services in the EU, from level 1 to BC. We do not agree with this change. At least when it comes to service offerings within the EU, we do not see a reason to introduce BC and make level 1 optional. To be clear: levels 2 and 3 will of course remain optional, we are not proposing anything against that – it will be the choice of the service providers which level they want to attain.

Talk later, best Jakob

Von: Bert Verdonck <bert.verdonck@pned.lu>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2023 10:56
An: Giuditta del Buono <giuditta.delbuono@gaia-x.eu>; policy-rules-committee@list.gaia-x.eu
Cc: ulrich.eichhorn@volkswagen.de; Alban Schmutz <alban.schmutz@axorya.com>; Verdonck, Bert via Wg-policy-rules-document <wg-policy-rules-document@list.gaia-x.eu>; GOURIET Martine via Wg-compliance <wg-compliance@list.gaia-x.eu>; GOURIET Martine via Wg-labels-and-qualification <wg-labels-and-qualification@list.gaia-x.eu>
Betreff: [Policy-rules-committee] Re: PRC 12 July 2023 - minutes

Dear PRC colleagues,

Two suggested topics for the PRC agenda today.

Topic 1: optionality of labels

We have disagreement in the PRD WG about the following Merge Request. Left is current text in PRLD, right is change proposal authored by DT (Valentin/Jakob).

The essence is whether Labels are optional for every user, or only optional outside Europe. The WG proposes to bring this to the Board for final decision making.

Topic 2: data space criteria

Pierre continues to push for data space requirements to be added to PRLD, to make a meaningful demo at the next summit, to make “data space compliance” with Gaia-X specific and clear. I know in last PRC we deprioritized that for later, but I admit I have sympathy for this push by Pierre, the data exchange WG and some of the lighthouse initiatives who search for a meaningful set of compliance criteria. A meaningful MR is now proposed (MR!119).

I propose to not close the door for these developments, and my compromise proposal is to ask for a production-ready release of the cloud infrastructure criteria (conformance and L1) and a demo-ready release of the data space criteria. In that case we could adopt the data space criteria into PRLD as works-in-progress, and in preparation for a public consultation on these in the fall.

Regards,

Bert

From: Giuditta del Buono <giuditta.delbuono@gaia-x.eu>
Date: Friday, 14 July 2023 at 10:20
To: policy-rules-committee@list.gaia-x.eu <policy-rules-committee@list.gaia-x.eu>
Cc: ulrich.eichhorn@volkswagen.de <ulrich.eichhorn@volkswagen.de>, Alban Schmutz <alban.schmutz@axorya.com>, Verdonck, Bert via Wg-policy-rules-document <wg-policy-rules-document@list.gaia-x.eu>, GOURIET Martine via Wg-compliance <wg-compliance@list.gaia-x.eu>, GOURIET Martine via Wg-labels-and-qualification <wg-labels-and-qualification@list.gaia-x.eu>
Subject: [Wg-compliance] PRC 12 July 2023 - minutes

Dear all,

Please find on the Members Platform the minutes of this week’s PRC – see https://membersplatform.gaia-x.eu/dashboard#/download?path=https://membersplatform.gaia-x.eu/api/challenges/69/document_repository/1pathKey=Policy%20Rules%20Committee%2FMeeting%20Minutes%2F20230712%2FPRC_20230712_Meeting_minutes_v1.docx

Best regards,

Giuditta

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