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
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 May 2024 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 15 January 2024
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 31 January 2024
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 1 February 2024
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 4 March 2024
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 10 April 2024
- ✓ Published as law 14 May 2024
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Birgit SIPPEL S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197806 IDJavier ZARZALEJOS PPEMEP #28266 RenewMEP #197431 Verts/ALEMEP #96852 The Left
- For opinion
- CULT — Culture and Education IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 14 May 2024 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 29 April 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
- Plenary stage
- 10 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 469 Against 112 Abstained 37
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 18:44 · 76% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- Negotiations with the Council
- 4 March 2024 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 7 February 2024 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 7 February 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 496 Against 111 Abstained 22
Decision to open negotiations with the Council at 12:52 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 1 February 2024 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 31 January 2024 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 17 January 2024 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 15 January 2024 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) give an opinion.