The recent European Council Directive 114/08 requested the EU Member States to perform an assessment aimed at the identification and designation of the so-called European Critical Infrastructures (ECI).
1. Introduction.- 2. A Brief Chronicle of CIP Main Events in the USA Before and After September 11th, 2001.- 3. European Critical Infrastructures and the Directive 114/08/EC.- 4. State of Play of CIP in the EU After the Directive 114/08.- 5. Past, Present and Future of the Identification and Designation of ECIS and the Role of the Operator Security Pan.- 6. The Next Decade of European CIP: Anxiety of Decision, Fear of the Future, Perception of Risk, as Well as Attempting to Answer the Question: “Which of the CIP’S Elements Will Most Affect Critical Infrastructure Protection?”.- 7. Conclusions.