Gateway Coordination Group discusses Once-Only in the year ahead
05 February 2025 | 3 minutes read
On 28-29 January 2025, members of the Gateway Coordination Group(opens in a new tab) met in Brussels to discuss the implementation of the Single Digital Gateway Regulation ((EU) 2018/1724(opens in a new tab)) and the Once-Only Technical System.
The Single Digital Gateway Regulation creates a “single digital gateway” for online access to information, key administrative procedures and problem-solving services for people and businesses active within the EU, allowing them to benefit from the opportunities of the Single Market. It also mandates the creation of a technical system (the Once-Only Technical System) that enables the cross-border automated exchange of evidence, in accordance with the ‘once-only’ principle. Whenever a citizen or business completes a cross-border administrative procedure, they can request that the public administrations concerned to automatically exchange the required documents or data (‘evidence’), instead of having to retrieve and submit the same information again and again. Whether a citizen applies to study in another Member State, or a business expands its operations abroad, the Once-Only Technical System will substantially reduce the associated administrative burden of cross-border activity and help save users both time and money.
The Gateway Coordination Group is comprised of representatives from each Member State and meets several times a year to assist and advise the Commission on the implementation of the single digital gateway.
During the group’s first meeting of 2025, the Commission presented events(opens in a new tab) and communication activities(opens in a new tab) planned for the year ahead and invited Member States to reflect on the strategy for onboarding competent authorities to the Once-Only Technical System. ‘Competent authorities’ are the public administrations who will connect to the system in order to send or request evidence. The Member States shared their status in implementing the Once-Only Technical System and provided feedback on how the Commission could continue to support them. The Commission also discussed the impact of the revised European Digital Identity Framework Regulation (‘eIDAS 2.0(opens in a new tab)’) on the Once-Only Technical System and gave an update on the interconnection between the Once-Only Technical System and related systems, such as EMREX(opens in a new tab).
The next meeting of the Gateway Coordination Group will take place in June 2025.
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