5G ESSENCE has participated, via Athonet SRL - rapporteur of IoT API, in ETSI MEC#17 F2F Meeting which has been held in Sophia Antipolis, France, on July 01-04, 2019. Athonet is member of the ETSI MEC standardization group and has presented a new contribution about the use of an IoT API in MEC deployments for IoT devices. This technology input is beneficial for several verticals, such as public safety, utilities, entertainment and industry 4.0.