Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 186Adopted

   Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

   Tabled by FrançoisXavier Bellamy, Javier Zarzalejos, Regina Doherty +39 · Members

   Added: 2a. Disseminating pornographic content online without putting in place robust and effective age verification tools to effectively prevent children from accessing pornographic content online shall be punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 1 year.

2. Amendment 188Rejected

   Article 18 – paragraph 3

   Tabled by Alexandre Varaut, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Fabrice Leggeri +6 · PfE

   … Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities coming in contact with Removed: victims Added: children reporting child sexual abuse offences or sexual exploitation offences Added: they were the victims of are prohibited from transferring personal data pertaining to the residence status of Removed: the victim Added: those children to competent migration authorities, at least until completion of the first individual … the victims’ protection needs conducted in accordance with Article 22 of Directive Removed: 2012/29/EU. Added: 2012/29/EU, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) ..../.... [establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union] and without those provisions preventing the lawful collection and use of those data, or of other data pertaining to the same individuals, where they are collected and used under other circumstances.