Regulation (EU) 2024/1307

What it is

to extend, by two years, the Interim Regulation allowing providers to continue voluntary detection and reporting of child sexual abuse. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 (Interim Regulation) lays down temporary and strictly limited rules derogating from certain obligations laid down in Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), with the sole objective of enabling providers of certain number-independent interpersonal communications services to use specific technologies for the processing of personal and other data to the extent strictly necessary to detect online child sexual abuse on their services and report it and to remove online child sexual abuse material from their services. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse. As a reminder, Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 (Interim Regulation) lays down temporary and strictly limited rules derogating from certain obligations laid down in Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), with the sole objective of enabling providers of certain number-independent interpersonal communications services to use specific technologies for the processing of personal and other data to the extent strictly necessary to detect online child sexual abuse on their services and report it and to remove online child sexual abuse material from their services. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: The European Commission is proposing a limited extension of the period of application of the interim regulation until 3 August 2026, Members consider that the interim regulation should apply until 3 May 2025, after which it will elapse permanently. The amended text stressed that it is important that child sexual abuse online can be effectively combated which demonstrates the need for a permanent framework with a focus on preventive measures. Pending the conclusion of the legislative procedure and the adoption, entry into force and application of the long-term legal framework, a prolongation of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 is only justified once and for a very limited period. As Regulation 2021/1232 does not provide a template for the reporting, providers shared different types of information which were not necessarily comparable. Members consider it necessary to establish a template to fulfil the obligation for reporting by providers. The European Parliament adopted by 469 votes to 112, with 37 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the…

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