Europe Readies Law to Eject Chinese Equipment From Telecoms

Revised Cybersecurity Act Would Also Boost ENISA David Meyer • January 20, 2026

Countries across the European Union could be forced to kick Chinese telecom manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE out of their critical infrastructure supply chains, under a far-reaching proposal published by the European Commission on Tuesday.

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The proposal includes a hefty revision of the 2019 Cybersecurity Act. Apart from tightening the rules around critical supply chains, the new regulation - to be applied equally in all EU member states - would expand the role of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity to oversee cybersecurity certification schemes, while also making significant changes to the still-not-fully-implemented Network and Information Security 2 Directive (see: European States Spin Wheels on Cybersecurity Directive).

"With the new Cybersecurity Package, we will have the means in place to better protect our critical ICT ...