Following the sixth round of negotiations on the proposed regulation to combat child sexual abuse on Tuesday 29 September, the EU Council, under the Irish Presidency, and the European Parliament reached an agreement in principle on detection orders for large platforms covering public content (see EUROPE 13943/15), according to our information.
Negotiators also reached a consensus on the tasks to be assigned to the future ‘EU Centre for Child Protection’. Javier Zarzalejos (EPP, Spanish), the rapporteur on the file, welcomed the agreement in a statement published on Wednesday. The structure will be responsible for checking the validity of reports submitted by providers and forwarding them to the authorities. It will also be able to search public content for child sexual abuse material itself. Its activities will be overseen by a fundamental rights officer.
The agreement has enabled the European Commission to formally launch the procedure for selecting the ‘Centre’s’ seat.
The negotiators must now find common ground on private content, one of the most sensitive aspects of the text. The European Parliament maintains a firm position on the protection of personal data.
The date of the next trilogue has not yet been confirmed. (Original version in French by Justine Manaud)