What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:A. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;

Changed:Recital 52: (52) For information not or not yet available in the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) ECRIS, for example information concerning offending third country nationals until the time Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 is fully implemented, Member States should make use of other channels to provide all relevant information to employers that recruit for a post involving direct and regular contact with children. The aim of this Directive is not to harmonise rules concerning consent of the person concerned when exchanging information from the criminal registers, i.e. whether or not to require such consent. Whether the consent is required or not under national law, this Directive does not establish any new obligation to change the national law and national procedures in this respect.

Changed:Article 18 – paragraph 1: 1. In addition to the rights of victims when making a complaint under Article 5 of Directive 2012/29/EU, and Article 5a under Directive (EU) …/… [proposed Directive amending Directive 2012/292012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes], Member States shall ensure that victims can report the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9 of this Directive to the competent authorities free of charge, safely and in an easy, confidential, and accessible manner. This shall include the possibility of reporting those criminal offences, and submitting evidence where feasible, by means of easily accessible and user-friendly information and communication technologies.

Changed:Article 21 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that assistance and specialised and appropriate support are provided to victims before, during and for an appropriate period of time after the conclusion of criminal proceedings in order to enable them to exercise the rights set out in Directive 2012/29/EU , Directive (EU) …/… [proposed Directive amending Directive 2012/292012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes] and in this Directive. Member States shall notably provide victims of offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9 with easily accessible referral centres, that may form part of the national healthcare system, to ensure effective support to child victims of sexual abuse or exploitation and to ensure the clinical management of sexual violence, including assisting in the safekeeping and documentation of evidence, in accordance with Article 9a of Directive (EU) …/… [proposed Directive amending Directive 2012/292012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes]. Those centres shall provide trauma-sensitive support and, where necessary, referral to specialised trauma support and counselling for child victims. Member States shall ensure that child victims of sexual abuse or exploitation have access to medical and forensic examinations that may be provided in these centres or by referral to specialised centres or units. Member States shall ensure coordination between the referral…re…

Changed:Article 21 – paragraph 7: 7. Child victims of any of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9 shall be considered as particularly vulnerable victims within the meaning of Article 22(2) of Directive 2012/29/EU and Directive (EU) …/… [proposed Directive amending Directive 2012/292012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes] .

Changed:Article 23 – paragraph 2: 2. In addition to their rights under Article 16a of Directive (EU) …/… [proposed Directive amending Directive 2012/292012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes], victims shall be allowed to request compensation in the context of criminal and civil proceedings for any damage caused to them by any of the offences punishable under this Directive. Member States shall ensure that no limitation period applies to the victim’s right to compensation.

Changed:Recital 42: (42) Member States should undertake action to prevent or prohibit acts related to the promotion of child sexual abuse and the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children in travel or tourism .tourism. Different preventative measures could be considered, such as the drawing up and reinforcement of a code of conduct and self-regulatory mechanisms in the tourism industry, the setting-up of a code of ethics or ‘quality labels’ or establishing an explicit policy for tourist organisations combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children in travel or tourism . Member States should leverage the tools at their disposal under EU law, national law, and international agreements, for the purpose of preventing the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children in travel or tourism through or towards their territory, most notably by taking appropriate action upon reception of relevant information from third countries, including conducting further checks or issuing a refusal of entry in the context of the Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks17 .

Changed:Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1 a.1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the possibility of third-party reporting, including by making use of the reporting mechanism referred to in paragraph 1.