NIS2· Article 23
Text
Article 23 NIS2 as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026
Reporting obligations
Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 23: ST 14756/26, page 165 · pp. 165–166 · exact text page
Scope This text prints Article 23(1), first sentence, Article 23(12), Article 23(1b) only.
Article 23(1), first sentence
Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident) via the national entry point pursuant to Article 23b.
Article 23(12)
When a manufacturer notifies a severe incident pursuant to Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 and the incident reporting under that Article contains relevant information as required under paragraph 4 of this Article, the reporting of the manufacturer under Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 shall constitute reporting of information under paragraph 4 of this Article.
Article 23(1b)
ENISA shall, in cooperation with the Cooperation Group, provide a mapping of all the competent authorities and CSIRTs referred to in paragraph 1 in the incident reporting information point established pursuant to Article 23a.
How each paragraph has changed
| What each text would do to the law in force | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paragraph | Commission19 Nov 2025 | Council21 May 2026 | Council10 Jun 2026 | Council18 Jun 2026 | Council3 Sep 2026 | Council2 Oct 2026 | Council22 Oct 2026 | Parliamentamendments |
| Compared with | law in force | the proposal | 21 May text | 10 Jun text | 18 Jun text | 3 Sep text | 2 Oct text | |
| 1Paragraph 1first sentence | Amends Changed | Amends , changed since the proposal Changed | Amends Unchanged | Amends Unchanged | Amends Unchanged | Amends Unchanged | Amends Unchanged | 6 |
| 1bParagraph 1b | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Adds , added since the proposal Added | Adds , changed since 21 May Changed | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | 0 |
| 12Paragraph 12 | Adds Added | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | Adds Unchanged | 0 |
| Provisions only Parliament would add or change1 unit | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | Not in the law in force or this text In neither text | 1 |
Each text against the law in force: +Adds adds a provision the law in force lacks~Amends amends the law in force— neither the law in force nor the text has it changed from the text before
Each text against the text before it: +Added in this text, not in the text before~Changed wording changed=Unchanged same as the text before— in neither text
What each text does
- 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 Amends Adds paragraph 12 and amends paragraph 1. Article 23 in this text
- 21 May 2026 Council textST 9547/26 Changed Adds paragraph 1b and changes paragraph 1.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 23 in this text
- 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Changed Changes paragraph 1b. Article 23 in this text
- 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 23 in this text
- 29 Jun 2026 JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinionJURI-AM-790236 3 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
- 16 Jul 2026 IMCO amendments 329–532 to the draft opinionIMCO-AM-791061 2 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
- 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 1741–1840 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791883 2 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
- 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 23 in this text
- 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 23 in this text
- 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 23 in this text
Paragraph 1
Changed by the Commission · changed by the Council on 21 May
Parliament amendments 6
6 propose alternative wording.
| Type | S&D | EPP | ECR | PfE | ESN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~ Alternative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
By political group
- ~ Alternative S&D 1 EPP 1 ECR 1 PfE 3 ESN 1
280 ~Alternative Victor NegrescuS&D · JURI “Member States shall ensure that guidance and support on incident reporting, including standard templates and explanatory material, are made easily…”
Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident) via the single-entry point established pursuant to Article 23a. Member States shall ensure that guidance and support on incident reporting, including standard templates and explanatory material, are made easily accessible, in particular for SMEs that qualify as important entities, to strengthen their cybersecurity posture and facilitate compliance.
- Tabled by
- Victor Negrescu
- Group
- S&D
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23(1), first sentence
- Document
- JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 23
281 ~Alternative Daniel BudaEPP · JURI “through a national interface or, where the competent Member State has so decided, through the interoperable European framework”
‘Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident) via the
single-entryreporting channel designated by the competent Member State, including through a national contact point, through a national interface or, where the competent Member State has so decided, through the interoperable European framework established pursuant to Article 23a.’- Tabled by
- Daniel Buda
- Group
- EPP
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23
- Document
- JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
- Source
- Official text, page 165
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Directive (EU) 2022/2555 / Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
282 ~Alternative Ton Diepeveen +1PfE · JURI “Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent…”
Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident)
via the single-entry point established pursuant to Article 23a.- Tabled by
- Ton Diepeveen, Pascale Piera
- Group
- PfE
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23(1), first sentence
- Document
- JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
- Source
- Official text, page 166
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Directive 2002/58/EC / Article 23 – paragraph 1
515 ~Alternative Virginie JoronPfE · IMCO “Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent…”
Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident) via the
single-entrynationalpointsingle points of entry established pursuant to Article 23a.;- Tabled by
- Virginie Joron
- Group
- PfE
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23(1), first sentence
- Document
- IMCO amendments 329–532 to the draft opinion
- Source
- Official text, page 115
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Directive (EU) 2022/2555 / Article 23 – paragraph 1
1806 ~Alternative Markus BuchheitESN · ITRE–LIBE “Member States may provide for national digital reporting channels for that purpose. Notification through tools”
Each Member State shall ensure that essential and important entities notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority
in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Articleof any incidentthat hashaving a significant impact on the provision of their services.asMember States may provide for national digital reporting channels for that purpose. Notification through tools referred to inparagraphArticle323a may be required only in cases ofthiscross-borderArticleor(significantUnion-wideincident)systemicvia the single-entry point established pursuant to Article 23arelevance.- Tabled by
- Markus Buchheit
- Group
- ESN
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23(1), first sentence
- Document
- ITRE–LIBE amendments 1741–1840 to the draft report
- Source
- Official text, page 41
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Directive (EU) 2022/2555 / Article 23 – paragraph 1
1807 ~Alternative Julie Rechagneux +8ECR, PfE · ITRE–LIBE “Each Member State shall ensure that their national single-entry points notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent…”
Each Member State shall ensure that
essentialtheirandnationalimportantsingle-entryentitiespoints notify, without undue delay, its CSIRT or, where applicable, its competent authority in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article of any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of their services as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article (significant incident)viato the EU single-entry point established pursuant to Article 23a.- Tabled by
- Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay
- Group
- ECR, PfE
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23(1), first sentence
- Document
- ITRE–LIBE amendments 1741–1840 to the draft report
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a / Directive (EU) 2022/2555 / Article 23 – paragraph 1
Paragraph 1b
Added by the Council on 21 May · changed on 10 June
Paragraph 12
Added by the Commission
Provisions only Parliament amendments would add or change
1 amendment on 1 unit the Commission proposal leaves unchanged
Point (3ba) (new)New
512 +Addition Sophia KircherEPP · IMCO “The Commission should, by means of implementing acts, develop a common notification template for the single-entry point covering core elements…” numbered 3b
(3b)The Commission should, by means of implementing acts, develop a common notification template for the single-entry point covering core elements re-quired under Union legal acts that provide for notification through this single-entry point. It shall enable entities to submit a single notification to fulfil multiple reporting obligations. In preparing the draft implementing acts, the Commission shall cooperate with ENISA, the Cooperation Group, the CSIRTs Network and, where relevant, other competent authorities responsible for the Union legal acts concerned.
- Tabled by
- Sophia Kircher
- Group
- EPP
- Targets
- NIS2 Directive Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point 3b a (new)
- Document
- IMCO amendments 329–532 to the draft opinion
- Source
- Official text, page 113
- Printed header
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 / Directive (EU) 2022/2555 / Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point 3b a (new)