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European Union: European Commission released age verification blueprint

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European Commission released age verification blueprint

On 14 July 2025, the European Commission released the first version of an EU white-label age-verification blueprint. The blueprint provides a basis for a user-friendly and privacy-preserving age verification method across Member States. Its purpose …

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, software provider: app stores, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-07-14
under deliberation

On 14 July 2025, the European Commission released the first version of an EU white-label age-verifi…

2025-10-10
adopted

On 10 October 2025, the European Commission released an enhanced second version of its EU age verif…

2026-04-15
under deliberation

On 15 April 2026, the European Commission announced that a European age verification app is technic…

2026-04-29
adopted

On 29 April 2026, the European Commission adopted a recommendation outlining a common approach to a…