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En un esfuerzo por continuar fortaleciendo los lazos entre los sectores privados de Sudamérica y Europa, los miembros del Consejo de Cámaras de Comercio del Mercosur (CCCM) y la Asociación de Cámaras de Comercio e Industria Europeas (Eurochambres) sostuvieron una reunión virtual el 22 de septiembre para firmar una Declaración Conjunta en apoyo al acuerdo comercial entre la Unión Europea y Mercosur, sellado en 2019.

The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres) welcomed, on Tuesday 21 September, the European Commission’s proposal for a framework for a common European Digital Identity (see EUROPE B12733A1), but urged it to be more specific on some points. Among other things, Eurochambres recommends creating a list of electronic documents that Member States would be required to recognise as “fully equivalent to traditional documents” including national identity cards, social insurance cards, driving licences, student cards, work permits and professional qualifications documents. Eurochambres also suggests keeping the number of entities authorised to issue digital credentials low, under strict supervision, and recalls that the establishment of the essential elements of a person’s identity should always come from a State-run register. (TM)