Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new): (c a) supporting the development of national awareness-raising and prevention campaigns, educational and intervention programmes, tools and materials.

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RemovedArticle 31 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall have a system in place for the recording, production and provision of anonymised statistical data on the reporting, investigative and judicial stages in relation to the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9 in order to monitor the effectiveness of their measures to combat the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children.

AddedArticle 28 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5 a. Member States shall ensure that the actions listed in paragraph 5 are evidence-based and that those actions take into account the evolving manifestations of the offences listed in the Directive, including online.

AddedArticle 29 – paragraph 5 – point b: (b) agree to their participation in the programmes or measures with full knowledge of the facts;

AddedArticle 30 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States may take measures to promptly block access to web pages containing or disseminating child sexual abuse material towards the Internet users within their territory. These measures must be set by transparent procedures and provide adequate safeguards, in particular to ensure that the restriction is limited to what is necessary and proportionate, and that users are informed of the reason for the restriction. Those safeguards shall also include the possibility of judicial redress.

AddedArticle 31 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall have a system in place for recording, production and provision of anonymised statistical data on the reporting, investigative and judicial stages in relation to the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9 in order to monitor the effectiveness of their measures to combat the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children.

AddedArticle 31 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. The statistics shall include the following data disaggregated by sex, gender, age of the victim and of the offender, relationship between the victim and the offender and type of offence:

AddedArticle 31 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) the annual number of offences reported, of persons prosecuted for and convicted of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 9, obtained from national administrative sources;