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Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Article 36 – Confidentiality of electronic communications

Only Parliament amendments would change this article. Parliament committees have tabled 1 amendment to this article.

Latest text22 October 2026ST 14756/26

Contains no amendment to this article.

What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 No amendment to this article.
  2. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 No amendment to this article.
  3. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 No amendment to this article.
  4. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 1565–1740 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791874 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  5. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 No amendment to this article.
  6. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 No amendment to this article.
  7. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 No amendment to this article.

Parliament amendments

1 amendment to this article

1 proposes alternative wording.

By political group; co-sponsored amendments count for each group
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By political group

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  1. 1676 Alternative Marina Kaljurand +8S&D · ITRE–LIBE “Any interference with electronic communications, such as listening, tapping, storing, monitoring, scanning or other types of interception…”

    7a. Article 36 is replaced by the following:

    "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."

    Tabled by
    Marina Kaljurand, Elena Sancho Murillo, Brando Benifei, Birgit Sippel, Alex Agius Saliba, Francisco Assis, Elisabeth Grossmann, Kristian Vigenin, Matjaž Nemec
    Group
    S&D
    Targets
    EUDPR Article 36
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 / Article 36