Critical Entities Resilience (CER) is an European Union (EU) directive.
This post is an introduction to this directive.
Introduction to CER
CER was promulgated on 14 December 2022, along with NIS2 and DORA.
Its full title is “Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the resilience of critical entities and repealing Council Directive 2008/114/EC”.
Member States will have to list the critical entities for the sectors set out in the CER Directive by 17 July 2026.
It can be read from this external link.
CER Background
CER modifies the existing laws and regulations:
- Repeal:
- EU Council Directive 2008/114/EC
CER Scope
CER scope is defined within article 6 “Critical entities identification”.
CER Transpositions
CER directive needs to be transposed by each member state before 17 October 2024.
CER Transposition in Spain
No news for now about CER Transpositions in Spain.
PIC was based on EU Council Directive 2008/114/EC, that was repealed by CER.
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