July 2025

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Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the SESEI Newsletter – India. In this issue, we bring you the latest updates from Europe on key initiatives, standardisation efforts, legislative developments, and regulatory announcements. The focus spans across Digitization, Clean and Green Technologies, and strategic EU/EFTA–India collaborations, reflecting the evolving landscape of innovation, sustainability, and international cooperation.

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Headlines
Horizon Europe 2028 - 2034: Twice Bigger, Simpler, Faster and More Impactful
As part of the next long-term EU budget 2028-2034, the Commission is proposing to double the budget of the research and innovation framework programme to €175 billion. The new Horizon Europe will boost Europe’s competitiveness and fund solutions to real-world challenges, from AI...

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Commission Publishes Guidelines for Providers of General-Purpose AI Models
The European Commission has published guidelines to assist providers of general-purpose AI models in meeting the AI Act's obligations kicking in on 2 August 2025. The guidelines clarify these obligations, providing legal certainty for all actors across the AI value chain, and complement the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice...

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Data Act: Standardization Request
CEN and CENELEC officially accepted the European Commission’s Standardization Request on European Trusted Data Framework, under Mandate M/614. This milestone supports the implementation of the EU Data Act which will become applicable on 12 September 2025.
This complex and comprehensive regulation sets out a broad range of provisions aimed...

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Circular Economy: New Rules to Boost Recycling Efficiency and Material Recovery from Waste Batteries
The Commission published new rules for calculating and verifying recycling efficiency and the recovery of materials from waste batteries. Batteries play a crucial role in advancing the green transition, supporting sustainable mobility, and contributing to climate neutrality by 2050.

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Next Round of India-EU Talks on Proposed Trade Pact in September 2025
India and the European Union (EU) will hold the next round of negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in the first week of September 2025 as both sides have exchanged offers related to the services sectors. The last (12th) round of talks concluded in Brussels.
In June 2022, India and the 27-nation EU...

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Insights

Commission Seeks Feedback on the Future European Innovation Act

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The EU’s Plan to Become a Global Leader in Quantum by 2030

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Discover the New ETSI Work Programme 2025

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Trade Agreement Between India, Four-Nation EFTA to Kick in from October, 2025

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ETSI Announces SDG OpenSlice Release 2025Q2 Providing AI/LLM and 3GPP CAPIF Support

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CEN - European Committee for Standardization

CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EC - European Commission

EFTA - European Free Trade Association