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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
Document LIBE-PR-758054 · COM(2023)0777 – C90437/2023 – 2023/0452(COD)
- Kind
- Report parliamentary committee draft LIBE-PR-758054
- Date
- 17 January 2024
- Committee
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Birgit Sippel
- Dossier
- 2023-0452
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- DDLH, J-AI, PDON
- Reference
- COM(2023)0777 – C90437/2023 – 2023/0452(COD)
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–having regard to Article 294(2), Article 16(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90437/2023),
–having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A90000/2024),
2.Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;
3.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| Having regard to the Report from the European Commission on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 July 2021 on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (COM(2023) 797 final) |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (-1) In order to facilitate compliance with providers’ reporting obligations, in particular to ensure the machine-readability and easy accessibility of the reports, the publication format for the reports pursuant to Article 3(1)(f)(vii) of Regulation 2021/1232 should be harmonised. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (1a) In order to ensure an adequate level of transparency and accountability, as well as to enable comprehensive and comparable reporting, it is necessary to lay down templates concerning the details of the reports that providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services should publish and submit to the competent supervisory authority and to the Commission on the processing of personal data under Regulation 2021/1232. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (1b) In order to enable effective scrutiny over processing of personal data, providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services should use the template and the instructions laid out in the Annex to this Regulation when complying with their reporting obligations pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (4a) In light of the implementing report from the European Commission of 19 December 2023 (COM(2023) 797) and to ensure consistency and clarity, definitions which are no longer relevant should be deleted from Regulation 2021/1232. Since the scope of this Regulation does not include solicitation of children, its definition should be deleted. |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| (4b) In Recital 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, the text is replaced by the following: | |
| (16) The types of technologies used for the purposes of this Regulation should be the least privacy-intrusive in accordance with the state of the art in the industry. Those technologies should not be used to systematically filter and scan text in communications unless it is solely to detect patterns which point to possible concrete reasons for suspecting online child sexual abuse, and they should not be able to deduce the substance of the content of the communications. In the case of technology used for identifying solicitation of children, such concrete reasons for suspicion should be based on objectively identified risk factors such as age difference and the likely involvement of a child in the scanned communication. | (16) The types of technologies used for the purposes of this Regulation should be the least privacy-intrusive in accordance with the state of the art in the industry. Those technologies should not be used to systematically filter and scan text in communications unless it is solely to detect patterns which point to possible concrete reasons for suspecting online child sexual abuse, and they should not be able to deduce the substance of the content of the communications. |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| (4c) In Recital 21 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, the text is replaced by the following: | |
| (21) In order to ensure transparency and accountability in respect of the activities undertaken pursuant to the derogation provided for by this Regulation, providers should, by 3 February 2022, and by 31 January every year thereafter, publish and submit reports to the competent supervisory authority designated pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (‘supervisory authority’) and to the Commission. Such reports should cover processing falling within the scope of this Regulation, including the type and volumes of data processed, the specific grounds relied on for the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the grounds relied on for transfers of personal data outside the Union pursuant to Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where applicable, the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified, differentiating between online child sexual abuse material and solicitation of children, the number of cases in which a user has lodged a complaint with the internal redress mechanism or sought a judicial remedy and the outcome of such complaints and judicial proceedings, the numbers and ratios of errors (false positives) of the different technologies used, the measures applied to limit the error rate and the error rate achieved, the retention policy and the data protection safeguards applied pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and the names of the organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse with which data have been shared pursuant to this Regulation. | (21) In order to ensure transparency and accountability in respect of the activities undertaken pursuant to the derogation provided for by this Regulation, providers should, by 3 February 2022, and by 31 January every year thereafter, publish and submit reports to the competent supervisory authority designated pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (‘supervisory authority’) and to the Commission. Such reports should cover processing falling within the scope of this Regulation, including the type and volumes of data processed, the specific grounds relied on for the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the grounds relied on for transfers of personal data outside the Union pursuant to Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where applicable, the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified, the number of cases in which a user has lodged a complaint with the internal redress mechanism or sought a judicial remedy and the outcome of such complaints and judicial proceedings, the numbers and ratios of errors (false positives) of the different technologies used, the measures applied to limit the error rate and the error rate achieved, the retention policy and the data protection safeguards applied pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and the names of the organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse with which data have been shared pursuant to this Regulation. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| Article -1 | |
| In Article 2, the third paragraph is deleted. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| Article -1a | |
| Template for the reporting | |
| (1) To ensure that the reports are machine-readable, providers shall publish the report in a CSV (comma-separated values) format. The Commission shall make available online the CSV- and XLSX-versions of the template in Annex I. | |
| (2) For providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services, the first reporting cycle following the full entry into application date of Regulation (EU) 20XX/XX on 04 August 2024 shall cover the period 01 January 2024 until 31 December 2024. In case the period 01 January until 04 August 2024 does not follow the template set out in Annex I to this Regulation, it shall be included in a separate section of the next report. |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| Article -1b | |
| In Article 3, paragraph 1, point (a)(i) is replaced by the following: | |
| “(i) strictly necessary for the use of specific technology for the sole purpose of detecting and removing online child sexual abuse material and reporting it to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse and of detecting solicitation of children and reporting it to law enforcement authorities or organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse;” | (i) strictly necessary for the use of specific technology for the sole purpose of detecting and removing online child sexual abuse material and reporting it to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse; |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| Article -1c | |
| In Article 3, paragraph 1, point (d) is replaced by the following: | |
| “(d) with regard to new technology, meaning technology used for the purpose of detecting online child sexual abuse mat erial 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, and with regard to technology used for the purpose of identifying possible solicitation of children, 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;” | (d) with regard to new technology, meaning technology used for the purpose of detecting online child sexual abuse mat erial 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; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| Article -1d | |
| In Article 3, paragraph 1, point (f) is deleted. |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| Article -1e | |
| In Article 3, paragraph 1, point (g)(iii) is replaced by the following: | |
| ” (iii) ensure that material not previously identified as online child sexual abuse material, or solicitation of children, is not reported to law enforcement authorities or organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse without prior human confirmation; ” | ” (iii) ensure that material not previously identified as online child sexual abuse material, is not reported to law enforcement authorities or organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse without prior human confirmation; ” |
| Present text | Amendment |
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| Article -1f | |
| In Article 3, paragraph 1, point (g)(iii)(4) is replaced by the following: | |
| ” (4) the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified, differentiating between online child sexual abuse material and solicitation of children; ” | ” (4) the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified; ” |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| It shall apply until 3 August 2026. | It shall apply until 3 May 2025. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| ANNEX I | |
| Template for providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services | |
| PART I | |
| GENERAL REMARKS | |
| Pursuant to Article 3(1), point f, subparagraph (vii) of Regulation 2021/1232, providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services shall fill in the templates in this Annex. | |
| These are the categories in the Regulation: | |
| (1) the type and volumes of data processed; | |
| (2) the specific ground relied on for the processing pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679; | |
| (3) the ground relied on for transfers of personal data outside the Union pursuant to Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where applicable; | |
| (4) the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified, differentiating between online child sexual abuse material; | |
| (5) the number of cases in which a user has lodged a complaint with the internal redress mechanism or with a judicial authority and the outcome of such complaints; | |
| (6) the numbers and ratios of errors (false positives) of the different technologies used; | |
| (7) the measures applied to limit the error rate and the error rate achieved; | |
| (8) the retention policy and the data protection safeguards applied pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679; | |
| (9) the names of the organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse with which data has been shared pursuant to this Regulation; |
As Regulation 2021/1232 does not provide a template for the reporting, providers shared different types of information which were not necessarily comparable which makes it necessary to establish a template to fulfil the obligation for reporting by providers pursuant to Article 3(1)(g)(vii) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232
| Text proposed by the Commission | ||
| Amendment | ||
| Category according to Article 3(f)(1)(vii) | Subcategory | Description |
| 1) the type and volumes of data processed | ||
| Images originating from the EU | ||
| Images originating Globally | ||
| Videos originating from the EU | ||
| Videos originating Globally | ||
| Traffic Data relating to User/reportee/account related data | ||
| Traffic Data relating to Metadata related to content/transactional data | ||
| Traffic Data relating to Data related to a potential victim | ||
| Traffic Data relating to abuse operations data | ||
| Other indicators | ||
| 2) the specific ground relied on for the processing pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 | ||
| 3) the ground relied on for transfers of personal data outside the Union pursuant to Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, where applicable | ||
| 4) the number of cases of online child sexual abuse identified | ||
| Images originating from the EU | ||
| Images originating Globally | ||
| Videos originating from the EU | ||
| Videos originating Globally | ||
| EU User Account involved | ||
| User Accounts globally | ||
| Content Items reported to NCMEC | ||
| 5) the number of cases in which a user has lodged a complaint with the internal redress mechanism or with a judicial authority and the outcome of such complaints; | ||
| EU Accounts that have been restricted for sharing CSAM | ||
| EU Accounts that have appealed against the restrictions/removal | ||
| EU Accounts that have lodged a complaint with the internal mechanism | ||
| EU Accounts that have lodged a complaint with the judicial authority | ||
| EU Accounts that were reinstated after review | ||
| 6) the numbers and ratios of errors (false positives) of the different technologies used; | ||
| 7) the measures applied to limit the error rate and the error rate achieved; | ||
| hash-matching technologies | ||
| monitoring and quality assessment of the performance of CSA detection tools | ||
| human review and oversight: samples of media detected as CSAM by hash-matching technologies are audited by human reviewers/trained analysts | ||
| flagging and review of high-volume clusters (Meta); | ||
| deployment of further manual review processes as ongoing hash quality checks | ||
| human reviewers undergoing specialised robust trainings under guidance of counsel on how to recognise CSAM content to ensure accuracy of human review | ||
| periodic quality control assessments of human reviewers and the verdicts that are applied | ||
| other quality control processes to reduce errors and immediate remedy, such as independent hash verification (Google, LinkedIn), human review of each instance of never-before-seen CSAM prior to reporting | ||
| development and regular review of policies and enforcement strategies by trained subject matter experts on online CSA | ||
| engagement with NCMEC CyberTipline | ||
| Other indicators | ||
| 8) the retention policy and the data protection safeguards applied pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679; | ||
| The retention period per data category and purpose | ||
| Measures to ensure data minimisation | ||
| Personal data protection safeguards | ||
| 9) the names of the organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse with which data has been shared pursuant to this Regulation; | ||
| 10) Not captured by any other category's keyword. |
Back matter, 1
Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.
Annex: entities or persons from whom the rapporteur has received inputs 3 blocks
Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that she has received input from the following entities or persons in the preparation of the draft report:
| Entity and/or person |
| European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs |
| Permanent Representation of Belgium |
| Permanent Representation of Germany |
| European Digital Rights |
| Meta |
| Microsoft |
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European Parliament (2024). “DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 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”. Text, 17 January 2024. docId LIBE-PR-758054. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/LIBE-PR-758054 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/LIBE-PR-758054 (CC BY 4.0).
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