CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE: POLICY, LAW AND ADMINISTRATION

Vephkhvia Grigalashvili, PhD, Assistant-professor, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia, Khatuna Abiashvili, PhD Candidate, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2021 Social and Economic Aspects of Education in Modern Society   unpublished
Critical infrastructure protection represents an essential part of the European Union security concept whose dynamic development has been actively taking place since 2004. Based on a systematic review approach (methodology), this paper aims to provide an assessment of the evolution and contribution since mentioned period of the European Union infrastructure protection policies. The first part discusses the EU's critical infrastructure policy for 2004-2008 that laid the groundwork for the
more » ... n of the Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008. The second section explains the main political and legal features of the Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 as well as requirements to be implemented by EU member states in order to comply their national systems with the standards of the Directive 2008/114/EC. The third section presents the results of a study on EU policy developed in 2008-2020 parallel with Directive 2008/114/EC. Final sector introduces recent Past and present cooperation activities within the European Union for further development of the critical infrastructure protection system at the EU and Member States national levels.
doi:10.31435/rsglobal_conf/25052021/7562 fatcat:xkivig5e25egzfpz2r2plgdtuy