Chapter III – European public sector cloud federation (Art. 34-36)

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The European public sector cloud federation (the ‘EuroCloud Federation’) is hereby established. The EuroCloud Federation shall be open for the participation of Union entities and public sector bodies on a voluntary basis. Union entities and public sector bodies may request the Commission to join the EuroCloud Federation.
The EuroCloud Federation shall facilitate the sharing of public sector data centre services and cloud computing services between Union entities and public sector bodies under the conditions set out in Articles 35 and 36.
The Commission shall establish a platform for the EuroCloud Federation providing at least:
1. a catalogue providing information on available public sector data centre services and cloud computing services;
2. a service platform for the exchange and orchestration of computing, storage and network resources and services;
The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to specify the procedure to participate in the EuroCloud Federation and template concerning the content and other details of the request for participation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 46(2).

Art. 35 Cloud and AI Development Act - Sharing of public sector data centre services and cloud computing services arrow_right_alt

A member of the EuroCloud Federation (the ‘sharing entity’) may share data centre services and cloud computing services with another member of the EuroCloud Federation (the ‘using entity’) where the sharing entity directly, or indirectly through an intermediate legal entity, owns the hardware through which the service is made available and provides the service that is made available to the using entity. Where the sharing entity indirectly owns the hardware and provides the services through an intermediate legal entity, the sharing entity shall exercise control over that intermediate legal entity.
The sharing entity shall put in place appropriate technical, operational and organisational measures to ensure an effective, secure and resilient provision of services.
Prior to sharing data centre services and cloud computing services within the EuroCloud Federation, the sharing entity shall demonstrate to the Commission that it fulfils the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2.
The Commission shall assess the information provided by the sharing entity and allow the sharing entity to share data centre services and cloud computing services within the EuroCloud Federation where the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 are fulfilled.
The sharing entity may charge a fee to the using entity. The amount of the fee shall be limited to the costs that the sharing entity incurs in relation to the sharing of the service and shall not constitute a pecuniary interest within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to specify the technical, operational and organisational measures referred to in paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 46(2).

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Chapter III – European public sector cloud federation (Art. 34-36)

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Art. 35 Cloud and AI Development Act - Sharing of public sector data centre services and cloud computing services arrow_right_alt

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