European Union countries members are backpedaling on a plan that would give U.S. tech firms a one-stop shop to deal with data protection issues in the EU.

Justice ministers had discussed a plan to let tech firms like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple deal with only one data protection authority (DPA) in Europe. The plan, drafted by the European Commission in 2012, is one of the main pillars of the EU’s data protection reform.

However, during a meeting of justice ministers in Brussels on Thursday a majority of ministers endorsed the general architecture of a rather different plan proposed by the Italians, who currently hold the presidency of the Council of the EU, the body where national ministers meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.

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