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2025/0429(COD)COM(2025)797LIBE

Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse

Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

Stage
In force, reached 28 Jul 2026
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Birgit Sippel (S&D)
Lead DG
DG HOME
Commissioner
Magnus Brunner
Council configuration
Justice and Home Affairs Council
Last activity
28 Jul 2026
Legal basis
TFEU Art. 114; TFEU Art. 16; TFEU Art. 294
46 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 3 Aug 2026.

Show the earlier record: 25 dates, 19 Dec 2025 to 6 Jul 2026
  1. 19 Dec 2025
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  2. 27 Jan 2026
    • Referred to committee
  3. 28 Jan 2026
    • Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
  4. 5 Feb 2026
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  5. 10 Feb 2026
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  6. 2 Mar 2026
    • Committee report adopted
  7. 3 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  8. 4 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Tabled for plenary
  9. 6 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  10. 11 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  11. 12 Mar 2026
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  12. 13 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  13. 16 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  14. 18 Mar 2026
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  15. 19 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  16. 20 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  17. 26 Mar 2026
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  18. 27 Mar 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  19. 30 Mar 2026
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
  20. 26 Jun 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  21. 1 Jul 2026
    • Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse – Adopted by the Council on 2 July 2026
  22. 2 Jul 2026
    • Council’s position at first reading and statement of reasons
  23. 3 Jul 2026
    • Adoption of a Commission’s communication on Council’s position at 1st reading · Commission
  24. 5 Jul 2026
    • COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT pursuant to Article 294(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the position of the Council on the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose
  25. 6 Jul 2026
    • Announcement of the Council’s first reading position in EP plenary
    • Referred to committee
  1. 7 Jul 2026
    • Plenary vote
  2. 9 Jul 2026
    • Adoption of amendments to the Council’s first reading position by the EP · Parliament
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary amended the Council position
  3. 14 Jul 2026
    • Deliberations in Council working party · Council
  4. 15 Jul 2026
    • Adoption of the Commission’s opinion on EP amendments at 2nd reading
  5. 22 Jul 2026
    • Deliberations in Coreper · Council
  6. 24 Jul 2026
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council · Parliament and Council
    • Signed
  7. 28 Jul 2026
    • Published in the Official Journal
  8. 3 Aug 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal · provisional
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Who is on it

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

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurBirgit SippelS&DDELIBE
Shadow rapporteurAntónio Tânger CorrêaPfEPTLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAssita KankoECRBELIBE
Shadow rapporteurIrena JovevaRenewSILIBE
Shadow rapporteurIsabel Serra SánchezThe LeftESLIBE
Shadow rapporteurJavier ZarzalejosEPPESLIBE
Shadow rapporteurMarkéta GregorováGreens/EFACZLIBE
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This amending regulation extends the application period of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, which provides a temporary derogation from certain ePrivacy Directive provisions to allow processing of personal data for detecting online child sexual abuse. It affects law enforcement agencies and digital service providers in the EU.

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