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Laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse

Reference
2022/0155(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Parliament’s negotiators are talking to the Council (last trilogue 29 June 2026); the plenary vote on the outcome is still to come.
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Javier ZARZALEJOS
Shadow rapporteurs
7 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
2 versions
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 12 September 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 14 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 16 November 2023
  4. Plenary vote (current step) Awaiting the vote
  5. Negotiations with the Council (current step) Trilogue 29 June 2026
  6. Published as law (to come)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteur
Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D), António TÂNGER CORRÊA (Patriots), Nicolas BAY (ECR), Hilde VAUTMANS (Renew), Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens), Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ (The Left), Mary KHAN (ESN)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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Export

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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 2

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Tabled for plenary16 Nov 2023

    Report A9-0364/2023 A-9-2023-0364

    Compare with committee draft

  2. Committee draft19 Apr 2023

    Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-746811

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Report A9-0364/2023: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. It sets risk assessment and mitigation duties for hosting, interpersonal communications, gaming and app store providers, and rules for detection, removal and blocking orders issued by judicial authorities.
  • Draft report (LIBE): This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. It amends the proposal to cover online search engines and artificial intelligence systems, add delisting orders, and create voluntary detection orders.

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Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG), Opinion (BUDG)

What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 16

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Negotiations with the Council 6 steps · 22 Nov 2023–29 Jun 2026

  1. 29 June 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  2. 11 May 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  3. 16 April 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  4. 26 February 2026

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  5. 9 December 2025

    Trilogue meeting

    Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.

  6. 22 November 2023

    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 1 step · 16 Nov 2023

  1. 16 November 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0364/2023

Committee stage 9 steps · 12 Sept 2022–14 Nov 2023

  1. 14 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 27 July – 28 July 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee (5 batches)

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)Amendments in committee (LIBE)

  3. 29 June 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

  4. 19 April 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  5. 5 April 2023

    Draft opinion from FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (FEMM)

  6. 8 February 2023

    Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (IMCO)

  7. 27 January 2023

    Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (BUDG)

  8. 18 October 2022

    Draft opinion from CULT (Culture and Education)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (CULT)

  9. 12 September 2022

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0155
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse”. Dossier. reference 2022/0155(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0155 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0155(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0155(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2022-0155,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0155}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0155},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0155(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0155(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}