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 A10-0040/18

Amendment 18

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Alessandro Ciriani, Alexandr Vondra, Charlie Weimers, Paolo Inselvini, Georgiana Teodorescu

on behalf of the ECR 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

Recital 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(4a) The Union remains fully committed to protecting children and to pursuing a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of sexual abuse or exploitation that threatens their safety, dignity and integrity. At the same time, the protection of children must be ensured in full respect of fundamental rights, including the right to privacy and the confidentiality of communications as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Nothing in this Regulation should therefore be construed as permitting, requiring or encouraging the weakening, circumvention or undermining of end-to-end encryption. Providers should remain free to offer and develop end-to-end encrypted services without restriction. The application of the derogation and any detection technologies must not interfere with or bypass end-to-end encryption, nor require the introduction of backdoors or other technical means that would compromise the integrity of encrypted communications. Any measures implemented under this Regulation must fully respect the essence of the rights to privacy and confidentiality of communications.

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/19

Amendment 19

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Alessandro Ciriani, Georgiana Teodorescu, Alexandr Vondra

on behalf of the ECR 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 – point i

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1

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

(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;

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/20

Amendment 20

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Alessandro Ciriani, Georgiana Teodorescu, Alexandr Vondra

on behalf of the ECR 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 solely able to detect patterns which point to possible known online child sexual abuse materials;

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/21

Amendment 21

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Alessandro Ciriani, Georgiana Teodorescu, Alexandr Vondra

on behalf of the ECR 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 b (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1b

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

(d) with regard to new technology, meaning technology used for the purpose of detecting known online child sexual abuse material that has not been used by any provider in relation to services provided to users of number-independent interpersonal communications services (‘users’) in the Union before 2 August 2021, the provider reports back to the competent authority on the measures taken to demonstrate compliance with written advice issued in accordance with Article 36(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 by the competent supervisory authority designated pursuant to Chapter VI, Section 1, of that Regulation (‘supervisory authority’) in the course of the prior consultation procedure;

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/22

Amendment 22

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Alessandro Ciriani, Georgiana Teodorescu, Alexandr Vondra

on behalf of the ECR 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 c (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1c

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

(e) the technologies used are sufficiently reliable in that they limit to the maximum extent possible the rate of errors regarding the detection of content representing known online child sexual abuse and, where such occasional errors occur, their consequences are rectified without delay;

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6.3.2026 A10-0040/23

Amendment 23

Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier, Alessandro Ciriani, Georgiana Teodorescu, Alexandr Vondra

on behalf of the ECR 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 d (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article -1d

In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, point (f) is deleted.

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