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Digital sovereignty: European Chips Act enters into force

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Publication 21 September 2023

The European Chips Act entered into force on 21 September. It puts in place a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU's security of supply, resilience and technological leadership in semiconductor technologies and applications.

slide showing a map of Europe with images of an engineer working in a chips lab, a chip with a European flag background, a device to steer a drone, a mobile phone, a laptop and text Paving the way to Europe's tech sovereignty The European Chips Act
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Semiconductors are the essential building blocks of digital and digitised products. From smartphones and cars, through critical applications and infrastructures for healthcare, energy, defence, communications and industrial automation, semiconductors are central to the modern digital economy. They are also at the centre of strong geostrategic interests and the global technological race.

Concretely the European Chips Act will strengthen manufacturing activities in the Union, stimulate the European design ecosystem, and support scale-up and innovation across the whole value chain. Through the European Chips Act, the European Union aims to reach its target to double its current global market share to 20% in 2030

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