Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1676· EUDPR Article 36

Alternative

Tabled by
Marina Kaljurand and 8 others (S&D)Marina Kaljurand, Elena Sancho Murillo, Brando Benifei, Birgit Sippel, Alex Agius Saliba, Francisco Assis, Elisabeth Grossmann, Kristian Vigenin, Matjaž Nemec
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791874, PE791.874v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 105–106·printed header: Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 / Article 36
Targets
Article 36 of the EU institutions’ data protection regulation (EUDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instructionagainst the Commission’s

7a. Article 36 is replaced by the following:

Article 36 as it would readagainst the Commission’s

"Confidentiality of electronic communications Union institutions and bodies shall ensure the confidentiality of electronic communications, in particular by securing their electronic communications networks.Electronic communications shall be confidential. Any interference with electronic communications, such as listening, tapping, storing, monitoring, scanning or other types of interception, surveillance, or any processing of electronic communications, by persons other than the user using the terminal equipment, shall be prohibited. Confidentiality of electronic communications shall also apply to data related to or processed by the terminal equipment."

Struck CommissionHighlighted amendment

EUDPR Article 36 with this amendment

Amendment 1676 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

Union institutions and bodies shall ensure the confidentiality of electronic communications, in particular by securing their electronic communications networks.Electronic communications shall be confidential. Any interference with electronic communications, such as listening, tapping, storing, monitoring, scanning or other types of interception, surveillance, or any processing of electronic communications, by persons other than the user using the terminal equipment, shall be prohibited. Confidentiality of electronic communications shall also apply to data related to or processed by the terminal equipment.

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Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

No Council text amends Article 36.

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1676 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791874, PE791.874v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 105–106

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Reference

Amendment 1676 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791874, PE791.874v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 105–106

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1676 (CJ72-AM-791874), p. 105

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