(3)This Directive responds to the digitalisation objectives set out by the Commission Communications of 2 December 2020 entitled ‘Digitalisation of justice in the European Union: a toolbox of opportunities’ and of 9 March 2021 entitled ‘2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade’, and to the need to facilitate the cross-border expansion of SMEs underlined in the Commission Communications of 10 March 2020 entitled ‘A SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe’ and of 5 May 2021 entitled ‘Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery’.