Sources
The official documents this site is built on, so you can check them yourself. We read each on 29 October 2026, except the EUR-Lex page, which did not load for us that day; for that law we read the signed text instead.
Where to follow the file
- Legislative Observatory, procedure 2022/0155(COD): the permanent regulation, every formal step in the Parliament.
- Legislative Observatory, procedure 2025/0429(COD): the temporary rules, Regulation (EU) 2026/1881.
- Council of the EU public register: search for "2022/0155" to find Council documents on the permanent regulation.
- EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1881: the official published text of the temporary rules.
The legal texts
- 9068/22: the Commission's proposal COM(2022) 209 of 11 May 2022.
- PE-CONS 14/1/26 REV 1: the text of Regulation (EU) 2026/1881 as signed on 24 July 2026.
Council documents
- 14032/25, 30 October 2025: the presidency proposes a partial mandate without detection obligations.
- 15993/25 ADD 1: statements by Hungary, Italy and the Netherlands on the partial mandate of November 2025.
- 11501/26, 7 July 2026: outcome of the fifth trilogue.
- 12382/26: the vote by country on Regulation 2026/1881, with France's statement.
- 13051/26, 29 September 2026: state of play, with the dates of the mandate and every trilogue.
- WK 15082/2026, 30 September 2026: outcome of the sixth trilogue and the way forward.
European Parliament
- Summary of the LIBE committee report A9-0364/2023: the Parliament's position.
- Press release of 9 July 2026: the second reading on the temporary rules.
- Press release of 30 September 2026: the deal on the EU Centre's tasks.
Other official and named sources
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 04/2022, 28 July 2022.
- German Federal Ministry of Justice, statement of 8 October 2025 (German).
- Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning, 2021.
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