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2024/0035(COD)COM(2024)60LIBE

Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material. Recast

Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)

Stage
Council adoption, reached 3 Dec 2025
Procedure
Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Jeroen Lenaers (EPP)
Lead DG
DG HOME
Commissioner
Magnus Brunner
Council configuration
Justice and Home Affairs Council
Last activity
7 Sept 2026
Legal basis
TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 82; TFEU_2016 Art. 82(2); TFEU_2016 Art. 83; TFEU_2016 Art. 83(1)
72 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Deliberations in Council working party, 7 Sept 2026.

Show the earlier record: 55 dates, 26 Oct 2021 to 20 Apr 2026
  1. 26 Oct 2021
    • Inception impact assessment closed: Combating child sexual abuse , 17 responses · Commission
  2. 13 Jul 2022
    • Public consultation closed: Combating child sexual abuse , 49 responses · Commission
  3. 7 Feb 2024
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  4. 9 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 15 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 3 Apr 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 16 Apr 2024
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  8. 25 Apr 2024
    • Referred to committee
  9. 2 May 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 21 May 2024
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Combating child sexual abuse , 36 responses · Commission
  11. 29 May 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 30 May 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  13. 7 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 13 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 27 Aug 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  17. 14 Nov 2024
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  18. 18 Nov 2024
    • Committee opinion adopted
  19. 4 Dec 2024
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  20. 6 Dec 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  21. 13 Dec 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
    • General approach by the Council
  22. 9 Jan 2025
    • Committee opinion tabled
  23. 30 Jan 2025
    • Committee opinion adopted
  24. 3 Mar 2025
    • Committee opinion adopted
  25. 8 Apr 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  26. 13 May 2025
    • Committee report adopted
  27. 26 May 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  28. 3 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  29. 11 Jun 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  30. 12 Jun 2025
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  31. 13 Jun 2025
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  32. 17 Jun 2025
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Debate in plenary
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
    • Tabled for plenary
  33. 23 Jun 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  34. 30 Jun 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  35. 9 Jul 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  36. 16 Sept 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  37. 6 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  38. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  39. 23 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  40. 6 Nov 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  41. 14 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  42. 19 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  43. 26 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  44. 2 Dec 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  45. 3 Dec 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  46. 9 Dec 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by the Council
  47. 9 Jan 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  48. 30 Jan 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  49. 13 Feb 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  50. 24 Feb 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  51. 3 Mar 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  52. 11 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  53. 18 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  54. 25 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  55. 20 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  1. 28 Apr 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  2. 11 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  3. 12 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  4. 22 May 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  5. 9 Jun 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  6. 17 Jun 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  7. 22 Jun 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiation to reach an agreement (trilogue) · Parliament, Council and Commission
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  8. 7 Sept 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
24 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurJeroen LenaersEPPNLLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAlexandre VarautPfEFRLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAssita KankoECRBELIBE
Shadow rapporteurHilde VautmansRenewBELIBE
Shadow rapporteurIsabel Serra SánchezThe LeftESLIBE
Shadow rapporteurMarina KaljurandS&DEELIBE
Shadow rapporteurSaskia BricmontGreens/EFABELIBE
Rapporteur for opinionZala TomašičEPPSICULT
Rapporteur for opinionHeléne FritzonS&DSEFEMM
Rapporteur for opinionMagdalena AdamowiczEPPPLJURI
Shadow rapporteur for opinionAlice KuhnkeGreens/EFASE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionAnnamária VicsekPfEHU
Shadow rapporteur for opinionErik MarquardtGreens/EFADE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionIrene MonteroThe LeftES
Shadow rapporteur for opinionIrmhild BossdorfESNDE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionIvaylo ValchevECRBG
Shadow rapporteur for opinionJadwiga WiśniewskaECRPL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionLaurence FarrengRenewFR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMathilde AndrouëtPfEFR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionNikos PappasThe LeftEL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionSandro RuotoloS&DIT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionVerena MertensEPPDE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionVeronika Cifrová OstrihoňováRenewSK
Shadow rapporteur for opinionZsuzsanna BorvendégESNHU
972 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 14 Nov 2024 and 20 Jan 2025. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • LIBE695
  • FEMM277

By author

  • Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová193
  • Lucia Yar172
  • Abir AL-SAHLANI171
  • Hilde Vautmans142
  • Isabel Serra Sánchez140
  • Fabienne Keller126
  • Evin Incir84
  • Francisco Assis83
  • Saskia Bricmont76
  • Cecilia Strada69
Show 20 more authors
  • Carolina Morace67
  • Emma Fourreau67
  • Irene Montero67
  • Kathleen Funchion67
  • Marina Kaljurand67
  • Verena Mertens67
  • Matjaž Nemec66
  • Nathalie Loiseau62
  • Sophie Wilmès59
  • Jadwiga Wiśniewska54
  • Alexandre Varaut46
  • Fabrice Leggeri46
  • Malika Sorel46
  • Pascale Piera46
  • Alice Kuhnke40
  • Jeroen Lenaers40
  • Susanna Ceccardi35
  • Birgit Sippel33
  • Assita Kanko32
  • Billy Kelleher30

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

  • Article 21 – paragraph 214
  • Recital 1114
  • Recital 3611
  • Article 3 – paragraph 9 – point a10
  • Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a10
  • Article 10 – paragraph 69
  • Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a9
  • Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b9
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d9
  • Article 28 – paragraph 29
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)9
  • Recital 129
  • Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c8
  • Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 18
  • Article 3 – paragraph 88
  • Recital 248
  • Recital 318
  • Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)7
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a7
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e7
  • Article 3 – paragraph 17
  • Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point c7
  • Article 3 – paragraph 67
  • Article 5 – paragraph 67
  • Recital 227
  • Recital 437
  • Article 1 – paragraph 16
  • Article 10 – paragraph 26
  • Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a6
  • Article 16 – paragraph 46

Covers 249 of the 972 amendments.

9 documents

Documents

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1 consultation

Consultations on it

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ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
21 May 2024102

Summary

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This recast framework decision replaces the 2004 instrument to strengthen criminal penalties and cross-border police and judicial cooperation against child sexual abuse and exploitation, including production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. It aims to ensure consistent severe sanctions across the EU and improve victim support.

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