European Union: European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted directive on mandatory legal representatives for gathering electronic evidence in criminal proceedings (COM(2018) 226 final)

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European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted directive on mandatory legal representatives for gathering electronic evidence in criminal proceedings (COM(2018) 226 final)

On 12 July 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Directive (EU) 2023/1544. This Directive establishes harmonised rules for designating establishments and appointing legal representatives for gathering electronic…

Scope

Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Local operations requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: app stores, software provider: other software, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2018-04-17
under deliberation

On 17 April 2018, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Directive of the European Parl…

2023-07-12
adopted

On 12 July 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Directive (E…

2023-08-17
in grace period

On 17 August 2023, Directive (EU) 2023/1544 laying down harmonised rules on the designation of desi…

2026-02-18
in force

On 18 February 2026, Directive (EU) 2023/1544 reaches its transposition deadline, by which date Mem…