Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

6.3.2026 A10-0040/1

Amendment 1

Birgit Sippel

on behalf of the S&D Group

Irena Joveva

on behalf of the Renew Group

Javier Zarzalejos

on behalf of the PPE Group

Report A10-0040/2026

Birgit Sippel

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

(COM(2025)0797 – C10-0370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article -1 (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point a

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1

In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, point (a) is replaced by the following:

(a) the processing is:

(i) strictly necessary for the use of specific technology for the sole purpose of detecting and removing known online child sexual abuse material and reporting it to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse;

(ii) proportionate and limited to technologies used by providers for the purpose set out in point (i);

(iii) limited to content data that are strictly necessary for the purpose set out in point (i);

(iv) limited to what is strictly necessary for the purpose set out in point (i);

(v) not applied to interpersonal communications to which end-to-end encryption is, has been or will be applied;

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/2

Amendment 2

Birgit Sippel

on behalf of the S&D Group

Javier Zarzalejos

on behalf of the PPE Group

Irena Joveva

on behalf of the Renew Group

Report A10-0040/2026

Birgit Sippel

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

(COM(2025)0797 – C10-0370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article -1 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point b

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1a

In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, point (b) is replaced by the following:

(b) the technologies used for the purpose set out in point (a)(i) of this paragraph are in accordance with the state of the art in the industry and are the least privacy-intrusive, including with regard to the principle of data protection by design and by default laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, to the extent that they are used to scan text in communications, they are not able to deduce the substance of the content of the communications but are solely able to detect patterns which point to possible online child sexual abuse, and, where such technologies are used for the detection of solicitation of children or previously unidentified online child sexual abuse material, such use shall be limited to cases where the provider has received a concrete report or notification from a user, a trusted flagger, or an organisation acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse concerning a specific communication, account or interaction indicating a reasonable suspicion of online child sexual abuse, and the detection shall be strictly limited to what is necessary in relation to that reported case.

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/3

Amendment 3

Birgit Sippel

on behalf of the S&D Group

Irena Joveva

on behalf of the Renew Group

Javier Zarzalejos

on behalf of the PPE Group

Report A10-0040/2026

Birgit Sippel

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application

(COM(2025)0797 – C10-0370/2025 – 2025/0429(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 10 - second subparagraph

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

It shall apply until 3 April 2028.

It shall apply until 3 August 2027.

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