Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 3 Mar 2026
on the 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
To · adopted text· 11 Mar 2026
Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
The changes · 1
Change 1
Added:Regulation (EU) 2021/1232
Added:Article -1 (new), Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point a: Article -1 / In Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, point (a) 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; / (iii) limited to content data that are 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;
Added:Regulation (EU) 2021/1232
Added:Article -1 a (new), Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new): Article -1a / In Article 3(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, the following point is inserted: / “(ia) targeted, specified and limited to individual users, a specific group of users, either as such or as subscribers to a specific channel of communication, in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds of suspicion for a link, even an indirect one, with child sexual abuse material, and which have been identified by the competent judicial authority;”
Show 6 more lines
Added:Regulation (EU) 2021/1232
Added:Article -1 b (new), Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point b: Article -1b / 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.
Removed:1. Rejects the Commission proposal;
Added:Regulation (EU) 2021/1232
Removed:2. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its proposal;
Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1, Article 10 - second subparagraph: It shall apply until 3 August 2027.