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Texts to 22 Oct 2026

ePrivacy· Article 17

Text

Article 17 ePrivacy as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Transposition

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 17: ST 14756/26, page 158 · exact text page

Scope This text prints Article 17(3) only.

3.

Member States shall adopt and publish, by [24 months after the adoption of this Regulation] the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 5(3). They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

They should apply those measures from [24 months after the adoption of this Regulation].

Article 17 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 Added Adds paragraph 3.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. Article 17 in this text
  3. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 17 in this text
  4. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 17 in this text
  5. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 17 in this text
  6. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 17 in this text
  7. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 17 in this text

Paragraph 3

Added by the Council on 21 May