03/06/2025 (Agence Europe) – On 21 May, the Commission launched a call for contributions to launch its future work, possibly legislative, on the retention of data for police investigation purposes, starting with a future impact study. It will be open until 18 June, and will be followed by a public consultation on the same subject in the second half of the year, with the Commission again assessing the relevance of legislation on this subject, as it said in April (see EUROPE 13612/13). “Certain metadata processed by service providers are needed to effectively fight crime. Since no EU-wide legal framework exists requiring providers to retain metadata for a reasonable and limited period of time for criminal proceedings, data may no longer exist by the time authorities request them”, is the Commission’s justification. Link to the call for papers: https://aeur.eu/f/h5n (SP)