Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Directive
Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA
- Stage
- In force, reached 17 Dec 2011
- In force
- In force since 17 Dec 2011 · CELEX 32011L0093
- Transposition deadline
- 18 Dec 2013
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Last activity
- 17 Dec 2011
Documents
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- Text adopted · OJ L 330 15.11.2014, p. 0063Commission · 15 Nov 2014
- Text adopted · OJ L 018 21.01.2012, p. 0007Commission · 21 Jan 2012
- Text adopted · OJ L 335 17.12.2011, p. 0001Commission · 17 Dec 2011
- Text adopted · Directive 2011/0093Commission · 13 Dec 2011
- OJ C 323 30.11.2010, p. 0006Commission · 30 Nov 2010
- Report · A7-0294/2011Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2016)0871Commission
- Proposal · COM(2016)0872Commission
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32011L0093R(02)Commission
- Committee opinion · PE442.976Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE448.743Parliament
- Report · PE452.564Parliament
- Amendments · PE456.647Parliament
- Amendments · PE469.721Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2011)8697Parliament
- Text adopted · T7-0468/2011Parliament
Summary
GeneratedDirective 2011/92/EU criminalizes sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and child pornography, setting minimum maximum penalties and rules on jurisdiction, investigation and victim protection. Member States had to transpose it by 18 December 2013. It requires prompt removal of child pornography hosted domestically and permits blocking of such web pages. It replaced Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA.
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