Single Digital Gateway
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Platform
The single digital gateway is an EU-wide government information platform for citizens and businesses.{{Cite web |title=Single digital gateway - European Commission |url=https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/single-digital-gateway_en |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu |language=en}} It consists of one central EU website in all official languages of the EU (Your Europe{{Cite web |title=Your Europe |url=https://europa.eu/youreurope/index.htm |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Your Europe |language=en}}) and a network of national and municipal portals in all EU and EFTA countries in the national language and at least one other commonly understood language.{{Citation |title=Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (Text with EEA relevance.) |date=2018-10-02 |url=http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1724/oj/eng |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en}}
Your Europe exists since 2006. In 2018 the European Parliament and the Council adopted a single digital gateway regulation giving the network a legal basis.
To make sure procedures can be completed online, and that citizens and businesses can submit the necessary official documents and data according to the “once-only” principle, EU and national authorities created a technical infrastructure to which authorities can connect.{{Citation |title=COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) /... setting out technical and operational specifications of the technical system for the cross-border automated exchange of evidence and application of the "once-only" principle in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council |date= |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=PI_COM:C(2022)5628 |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en}}
Content
It offers online access to official EU, national and municipal
- information about rights and obligations,
- administrative procedures, and
- assistance services.{{Cite web |title=Assistance service finder |url=https://asf.youreurope.europa.eu/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=asf.youreurope.europa.eu}}
Users can also report issues they had with a public administration in an EU country.{{Cite web |title=Feedback on obstacles |url=https://fosmo.youreurope.europa.eu/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=fosmo.youreurope.europa.eu}}
Target audience
The single digital gateway is meant for EU citizens and businesses who live, work, study, travel or do business in another EU country.
Logo
National and municipal websites participating in the gateway can be easily recognised by the Your Europe logo.
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