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Deliverable 2.1 sets the requirements for the SMOOTH Project, funded from the Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020-DS-08-2017) under Grant Agreement number 786741. SMOOTH aims to assist micro-enterprises to comply with key requirements of the GDPR by designing and implementing an easy-to-use and affordable cloud-based platform service. Due to their lack of data protection expertise and limited resources, micro-enterprises are particularly vulnerable in the implementation of the GDPR. By assisting these enterprises to adopt the GDPR, SMOOTH ultimately aims to safeguard citizens’ rights to data protection and privacy, protect micro-enterprises from the negative consequences of non-compliance and, by extension, benefit the European society. Requirements have been defined by the members of the consortium developing SMOOTH. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, as legal partners, identified the key GDPR and e-Privacy Directive requirements applicable to micro-enterprises, as well as to the SMOOTH Platform. FundingBox Accelerator and the European Small Business Alliance established the requirements micro-enterprises have for the SMOOTH Platform. Finally, NAVER France, NEC Europe, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Fundacion Imdea Networks, LSTECH Ltd and Fundacio Eurecat defined the technical requirements for the advanced technologies that will form the SMOOTH Platform. Requirements listed in Deliverable 2.1 form the basis of the SMOOTH Project. As the work for the Project evolves, they may be subject to amendments. Deliverable 2.4 will be used to assess the requirements defined in this document. Based on the findings of that assessment, requirements may be amended, supplemented or deleted.