Digital Omnibus proposal· Recital 43a
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Recital 43a Digital Omnibus proposal as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026
Source Council, 22 October 2026. Recital 43a: ST 14756/26, page 45 · exact text page
Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications (‘ePrivacy Directive’), last revised in 2009, provides a framework for the protection of the right to privacy, including the confidentiality of communications. It also specifies Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in relation to processing of personal data in the context of electronic communication services. It protects the privacy and the integrity of subscriber’s or user's terminal equipment used for such communications.
How the recitals changed
Each text against the text before it
| Recital | Commission19 Nov 2025Rec 43 | Council21 May 2026Rec 43a | Council10 Jun 2026Rec 43a | Council18 Jun 2026Rec 43a | Council3 Sep 2026Rec 43a | Council2 Oct 2026Rec 43–43a | Council22 Oct 2026Rec 43–43a |
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| Compared with | law in force | the proposal | 21 May text | 10 Jun text | 18 Jun text | 3 Sep text | 2 Oct text |
| Recital 43 | 43 Added | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text | 43 Dropped | 43 Dropped |
| Recital 43a | In neither text | 43a Added Wording moved | 43a Unchanged | 43a Unchanged | 43a Unchanged | 43a Unchanged | 43a Unchanged |
Each text against the text before it: +Added in this text, not in the text before−Dropped drops a provision the text before added=Unchanged same as the text before— in neither text
Wording moved the wording comes from a different earlier recital
Parliament amendments propose other recitals under these numbers: Recital 43a (new), Recital 43b (new), Recital 43c (new), Recital 43d (new), Recital 43e (new), Recital 43f (new), Recital 43g (new), Recital 43h (new), Recital 43i (new), Recital 43j (new), Recital 43k (new), Recital 43l (new), Recital 43m (new), Recital 43n (new), Recital 43o (new), Recital 43p (new), Recital 43q (new) and Recital 43r (new).