Texts to 22 Oct 2026

ePrivacy· Article 15a

Text

Article 15a ePrivacy as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Implementation and enforcement

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 15a: ST 14756/26, page 158 · exact text page

Scope This text prints Article 15a(5) only.

5.

Member States shall designate the competent supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for the supervision and enforcement of the rules under this Article 5, paragraph 3, of this Directive.

Article 15a in the whole ePrivacy Directive

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  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 No amendment to this article.
  2. 21 May 2026 Council textST 9547/26 No amendment to this article.ST 9547/26 reproduces only some of the proposal’s changes, so this comparison applies only those it shows or visibly drops. It says nothing about the others.
  3. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 No amendment to this article.
  4. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 No amendment to this article.
  5. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Added Adds paragraph 5. Article 15a in this text
  6. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 15a in this text
  7. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 15a in this text

Paragraph 5

Added by the Council on 3 September