What is in force, what is being negotiated, and what it means for the apps you use. We check it every day and update it within 24 hours of every development.
Voluntary scanning of private messages is legal in the EU today. Chat Control 1.0 allows it until 3 April 2028. The permanent law is still being negotiated. At the sixth political trilogue, on 29 September 2026, negotiators agreed on the tasks of the EU Centre, as the Parliament confirmed, and in principle on detection orders for public content, according to press reports, but not on scanning private messages; no date has been confirmed for the next round. Member states’ counsellors meet on 20 October; a Council paper for a meeting that day, “Technical discussion on a possible detection package”, is listed in the register but not public.
Last checkedWhat changed since the last check: the Parliament’s statement confirms the deal on the EU Centre; the deal on public content rests on press reports. The Parliament published its rapporteur’s statement on 30 September: Javier Zarzalejos says the two sides agreed on the tasks of the future EU Centre, so the Commission can soon launch the selection of its seat. The Centre would check providers’ reports and pass them to the authorities, keep a database of indicators of known material and search publicly accessible content for known and new material, with a fundamental rights officer monitoring it. The statement does not mention detection orders. An agreement in principle on detection orders for public content is reported by Agence Europe, for large platforms; by MLex, which says it depends on a deal on the whole law; and by former MEP Patrick Breyer, who campaigns against the regulation and writes that the orders could reach hosting services of any size. netzpolitik.org reports agreement only on the EU Centre, with some points on public content settled. Private messages remain unresolved: Breyer writes that the Parliament refused the Council’s “search plans”. No date has been set for the next trilogue, according to Agence Europe and netzpolitik.org; Breyer expects it in November. The Council has published no outcome; the main results of the home affairs ministers’ meeting on 1 October and of the justice ministers’ meeting on 2 October do not mention the regulation. No government changed its position: nine are on record against mandatory scanning of private messages, 32.9 % of the population, 2.1 points short of a blocking minority. Once the Council confirms the outcome, this site will add which governments are on record for targeting scanning at suspects.
Chat Control 1.0
Providers of mail and messaging services may scan private communications for child sexual abuse material without individual suspicion. May, not must. End-to-end encryption is outside its scope.
Chat Control 2.0
The permanent law is stuck on one question: may detection target everyone, or only people named by a judge? Six negotiating rounds have not settled it. The round of 29 September 2026 brought an agreement on the EU Centre’s tasks, confirmed by the Parliament, and, according to press reports, an agreement in principle on public content, but none on private messages; no date has been confirmed for the next round.
Country pages. Each of the 27 has its own record with the quote, the document behind it, both Council votes and a dated timeline. The three that decide the blocking minority: Germany, Belgium, Portugal.
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Timeline
Newest first. Every date checked against the source linked under it.
- 2026
- 9 Oct 2026Council
The Council has called the justice and home affairs counsellors to meet on the regulation on 20 October at 14:30. The only substantive item is the “state of play of the interinstitutional negotiations and next steps”, with a paper, WK 15702/2026, marked “to be issued”. The register also lists a new working paper of 9 October for a meeting on 20 October, WK 15701/26, “Technical discussion on a possible detection package”. It is not public, and no date has been published for a seventh trilogue.Source: Council, CM 4514/26 of 9 October 2026; Council public register, interinstitutional file 2022/0155(COD), checked 10 October 2026 - 5 Oct 2026Council
Two Council working papers are listed for the justice and home affairs counsellors’ meeting of 5 October on the outcome of the trilogue: WK 15082/26 of 30 September, “Outcome of the 6th trilogue on 29 September 2026 and way forward”, and WK 14760/26 of 25 September, “Documents for the trilogue on 29 September 2026”. Neither is public, and no outcome of the meeting has been published.Source: Council public register, interinstitutional file 2022/0155(COD), checked 5 October 2026 - 1 Oct 2026Council
The Council’s General Secretariat calls the justice and home affairs counsellors (CSA Regulation) to Brussels for 5 October, 14:30. The agenda has one item on the regulation: “Outcome of the trilogue on 29 September 2026 and next steps”; no document is listed under it.Source: Council document CM 4365/26, public register - 29 Sep 2026Trilogue
The sixth political trilogue is held under the Irish presidency, “dedicated to reaching general political agreement on detection obligations and own-initiative searches”. It ends with an agreement on the tasks of the EU Centre, which the Parliament’s rapporteur, Javier Zarzalejos, welcomed in a statement on 30 September, and without agreement on detection in private messages. Agence Europe, MLex and Patrick Breyer also report an agreement in principle on detection orders for public content, which the Parliament’s statement does not mention; netzpolitik.org reports agreement only on the Centre. The Council has not published an outcome.Source: Council document 13051/26, presidency overview for the Justice and Home Affairs Council, 29 September 2026; Agence Europe, 1 October 2026; Patrick Breyer, trilogue update, 30 September 2026; European Parliament, rapporteur’s statement, 30 September 2026; MLex, 29 September 2026; netzpolitik.org, 1 October 2026 - 24 Sep 2026Council
Justice and Home Affairs Council, 1–2 October in Luxembourg: the child sexual abuse regulation is not on the provisional agenda.Source: Council document CM 4127/1/26 REV 1, public register - 23 Sep 2026Council
The provisional agenda of the Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 2) for 23 September lists the child sexual abuse regulation as item 9, “Preparation for the trilogue”, on the basis of document 13158/26 of 18 September. That document is in the public register by title only; its content is not accessible.Source: Council document 13105/2/26 REV 2, public register - 18 Sep 2026Council
The presidency’s note for the ambassadors, document 13158/26, “Preparation for the trilogue”, puts three questions before the trilogue of 29 September. The third: “If no compromise solution can be agreed providing at least for the same level of effectiveness as the current voluntary practice, would you accept to exclude own-initiative searches or detection orders on non-public content from the scope of this Regulation?” Marked LIMITE; published by Patrick Breyer, and reported by Agence Europe on 22 September.Source: Council document 13158/26, published by Patrick Breyer - 15 Sep 2026Council
“Presentation of the Commission”, Council working document WK 14059/26 of 15 September. Not public; listed by Patrick Breyer among the Council documents on the regulation.Source: Patrick Breyer, Chat Control, list of Council documents - 14 Sep 2026Council
The Council’s convocation note of 4 September puts the child sexual abuse regulation on the agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs Counsellors meeting on 14 September at 10:00 in Brussels: the state of play of the interinstitutional negotiations and next steps. The background document for that item, 11956/26, is marked LIMITE and is not in the public register.Source: Council document CM 3839/26, public register - 11 Sep 2026Council
“Four-column table with the outcome of the interinstitutional technical meeting on 10 September 2026”, Council working document WK 13816/26 of 11 September. Not public; listed by Patrick Breyer among the Council documents on the regulation.Source: Patrick Breyer, Chat Control, list of Council documents - 10 Sep 2026Council
The presidency’s “State of play and way forward”, document 11956/26, marked LIMITE, prepares the counsellors’ meeting of 14 September. Of the 14 member states that answered the July reflection paper, “most Member States responding are in principle opposed to the concept of targeting detection to specific users”. The presidency plans to consult Coreper on 23 September and seeks “general political agreement on detection obligations” at the trilogue on 29 September.Source: Council document 11956/26, obtained and published by Agence Europe - 24 Jul 2026Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2026/1881 is signed; in force from 31 July. Voluntary scanning is legal again, until 3 April 2028.Source: Official Journal, EUR-Lex - 9 Jul 2026Parliament
Second reading. The motion to reject gathers 314 votes, 276 against, 17 abstentions, short of the absolute majority of all MEPs that a second reading requires. Parliament adopts amendments excluding end-to-end encrypted communications from the law; the Council accepts them on 23 July.Sources: European Parliament, Council - 7 Jul 2026Council
The Irish presidency’s note to delegations records provisional agreement at the fifth trilogue on almost every part of the regulation except detection, and schedules the sixth trilogue for 29 September at the Council, prepared by technical meetings on 10 and 18 September. Parliament is recorded as ready to discuss the presidency’s detection building blocks, on condition that end-to-end encryption is protected and no general monitoring obligation is imposed.Source: Council document 11501/26, public register - 30 Jun 2026Council
Council counsellors are told the next political trilogue is “scheduled for 29 September”. The internal minutes, published by netzpolitik.org on 2 July, also show the presidency floating a mix of voluntary and mandatory detection, split by public and non-public content.Source: netzpolitik.org, 2 July 2026 - 29 Jun 2026Trilogue
The negotiating round on the permanent regulation ends without agreement on detection. Parliament’s team reports compromises “on almost the entire Regulation”.Source: European Parliament - 3 Apr 2026Regulation
The old derogation (Regulation 2021/1232) expires. For almost four months, suspicionless scanning has no legal basis in the EU.Source: Regulation 2021/1232, EUR-Lex - 26 Mar 2026
- 2021 to 2025
- 26 Nov 2025Council
The Council adopts its negotiating mandate. Detection orders are out; providers “may voluntarily check content shared on their platforms”.Source: Council press release - 6 Nov 2025Council presidency
The Danish presidency’s compromise text (14092/25) removes the detection obligations, Articles 7 to 11, from the draft.Source: document 14092/25, published by netzpolitik.org (PDF) - 22 Nov 2023Parliament
Parliament adopts its negotiating mandate: detection only as a last resort, aimed at specific suspects, with end-to-end encryption protected.Source: European Parliament, Legislative Train - 26 Apr 2023Council Legal Service
Opinion 8787/23: ordering a service to scan all its users’ communications is “general and indiscriminate” screening and risks compromising the essence of Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter.Source: Council register (PDF) - 11 May 2022Commission
The European Commission proposes the permanent CSA Regulation (2022/0155(COD)).Source: COM(2022) 209, EUR-Lex - 14 Jul 2021Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, the first temporary derogation, makes voluntary scanning lawful. “Chat Control 1.0” is born.Source: EUR-Lex
Are my messages scanned?
“Voluntary” means each provider decides. We track public statements.
| Service | Type | Under the current law | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail | May be scanned | Voluntary scanning has historically run here. | |
| iCloud Mail | May be scanned | Voluntary scanning has historically run here. | |
| Instagram messages | Messaging | May be scanned | Encryption is optional, not the default. Voluntary scanning has historically run here. |
| Facebook Messenger | Messaging | Partly covered | Personal chats have been end-to-end encrypted by default since December 2023, which puts those chats outside the derogation. |
| Snapchat | Messaging | May be scanned | Voluntary scanning has historically run here. |
| Xbox | Gaming chat | May be scanned | Voluntary scanning has historically run here. |
| Telegram | Messaging | Unclear | Regular chats are not end-to-end encrypted, so the law does not exclude them. No public statement on scanning. |
| Messaging | Not covered | End-to-end encrypted by default. Outside the scope of Regulation 2026/1881. | |
| Signal | Messaging | Not covered | End-to-end encrypted by default. Outside the scope of Regulation 2026/1881. |
| iMessage | Messaging | Not covered | End-to-end encrypted. Outside the scope of Regulation 2026/1881. |
| Skype | Messaging | Discontinued | Retired by Microsoft on 5 May 2025. Listed because it ran voluntary scanning for years. |
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Who decides next
Where the permanent law stands in the procedure.
- ProposalCommission11 May 2022
- Parliament positionPlenary mandate22 Nov 2023
- Council positionMember states’ representatives (Coreper)26 Nov 2025
- TrilogueSix rounds, private messages still opennext: date not confirmed
- AdoptionParliament plenary and Councildate unknown
- Official JournalPublicationdate unknown
- In forceThen national implementationdate unknown
Council of the EU
Mandate of 26 November 2025: no detection orders, voluntary scanning only. In June the presidency floated a mix of voluntary and mandatory detection, split by public and non-public content. Nine governments with 32.9 % of the EU population are on record against mandatory scanning of private messages, and Germany, at 18.47 %, holds a conditional position; see where all 27 stand, or test the arithmetic with the blocking minority calculator.
European Parliament
Detection only as a last resort, aimed at specific suspects, with end-to-end encryption protected. Its second-reading amendments on encryption are already in the temporary law.
European Commission
Proposed the regulation on 11 May 2022 with mandatory detection orders at its heart, and sits in the trilogue as the third party.
What the Council’s own lawyers said
The Council’s Legal Service has said since April 2023 (opinion 8787/23) that ordering a service to scan all its users’ communications is general and indiscriminate screening, with a serious risk of compromising the essence of Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter, and that any such regime must be targeted at persons against whom there are reasonable grounds for suspicion. In Council minutes of May and June 2026, published by netzpolitik.org, it kept that objection against Parliament’s “last resort” detection orders and called voluntary detection in public areas of a service unproblematic. On the Council’s voluntary model it has said only that the exemption may be applied where a legal basis exists, and that nothing in the text stops providers scanning inside end-to-end encrypted services. That is why the single word voluntary carries so much weight. Full account: The Council’s lawyers said no. Chat Control went voluntary. How the negotiating room works: Five trilogues, no deal.
Chat Control FAQ
Short answers, in force today.
Is Chat Control in force right now?
Partly. Chat Control 1.0, Regulation (EU) 2026/1881, has been in force since 31 July 2026. It allows, but does not require, providers of unencrypted mail and chat services to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material. It expires on 3 April 2028. The permanent Chat Control 2.0 is still being negotiated.
Does Chat Control affect WhatsApp or Signal?
Not under the current rules. End-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp and Signal are outside the scope of the 2026 derogation. Scanning can lawfully run on unencrypted services such as Gmail, iCloud Mail, Instagram messages, Snapchat and Xbox.
When is the next decision on Chat Control?
The sixth political trilogue, on 29 September 2026, agreed on the tasks of the EU Centre, as the Parliament confirmed, and in principle on detection orders for public content, according to press reports, but not on scanning private messages; no date had been confirmed for the next round when this page was last checked. Nine governments are on record against mandatory scanning of private messages, 32.9 % of the population, short of the 35 % that blocks a Council vote, so a blocking minority at the Council’s next vote on this file, the endorsement of whatever the trilogues produce on a date not yet set, depends on any one of Germany, Belgium or Portugal; the Council does not vote in the trilogues; our governments page shows where all 27 stand. This tracker is updated within 24 hours of every development.
What is the difference between Chat Control 1.0 and Chat Control 2.0?
Chat Control 1.0 is a temporary permission: providers may scan unencrypted messages, but do not have to. Chat Control 2.0, formally the CSA Regulation, would replace permission with obligation through detection orders and risk mitigation duties. We explain both in Two laws, one nickname.
Did the European Parliament approve Chat Control?
Not exactly. In July 2026 Parliament failed to reject the Council position: the rejection gathered 314 votes and an absolute majority of all MEPs was required. Parliament did adopt amendments excluding end-to-end encrypted communications, which the Council accepted on 23 July. On the core question, the Council text prevailed.
Will Chat Control make me prove my age?
Not under the rules in force today. The 2026 derogation says nothing about age checks. Age verification sits in the permanent Chat Control 2.0 proposal: the Council text would require communication services to verify how old their users are, and the Parliament text rejects that. It is one of three questions still open in the negotiation, alongside mandatory detection and encryption.
Changelog
Every update to this page, including corrections. Nothing is changed quietly.
- 10 Oct 2026EventNo change of position. The Council has called the counsellors to meet on 20 October on the state of play of the negotiations and the next steps (CM 4514/26, 9 October). Its register also lists a new working paper of 9 October for a meeting on 20 October, WK 15701/26, “Technical discussion on a possible detection package”, which is not public. Both are added to the timeline, the status box and the sources. The Council column now links to the new blocking minority calculator.
- 5 Oct 2026EventNo change of position. Two Council working papers listed for the counsellors’ meeting of 5 October are added to the timeline: WK 15082/26, “Outcome of the 6th trilogue on 29 September 2026 and way forward”, and WK 14760/26, “Documents for the trilogue on 29 September 2026”. Neither is public. Source: the Council’s public register.
- 4 Oct 2026EventNo change of position. The Council’s General Secretariat has called the justice and home affairs counsellors to meet on 5 October on the outcome of the 29 September trilogue and the next steps (CM 4365/26, 1 October).
- 2 Oct 2026CorrectionThe entry for 30 September said that neither the Council nor the Parliament had published an outcome. The Parliament had: it published its rapporteur’s statement on 30 September, which this page missed until 2 October. The statement is now the source for the agreement on the EU Centre.
- 2 Oct 2026EventThe Parliament’s statement covers the tasks of the EU Centre and does not mention detection orders. The agreement in principle on detection orders for public content is now attributed to the reports that carry it, Agence Europe, MLex and Patrick Breyer, and netzpolitik.org’s account, which reports agreement only on the Centre, is added. The status, what changed, the Chat Control 2.0 card, the timeline, the FAQ and the sources updated. The Council’s main results of the justice ministers’ meeting on 2 October do not mention the regulation. No figure changes.
- 1 Oct 2026EventThe Parliament’s rapporteur, Javier Zarzalejos, welcomed on 30 September the agreement on the tasks of the EU Centre; Agence Europe reports an agreement in principle on detection orders for large platforms covering public content, and that no date is confirmed for the next trilogue. The status, what changed, the Chat Control 2.0 card, the procedure steps, the timeline, the FAQ and the sources updated. Agence Europe and Patrick Breyer differ on whether orders for public content reach only large platforms or any hosting service. The Council has not published an outcome; no figure changes.
- 30 Sep 2026EventFormer MEP Patrick Breyer reported that the sixth trilogue of 29 September 2026 ended without agreement on scanning private messages, with a preliminary agreement on publicly accessible content, and that the next round is expected in November. The status, what changed, the Chat Control 2.0 card, the procedure steps, the timeline, the FAQ and the sources updated. The Council and the Parliament have not published an outcome; no figure changes. Corrected on 2 October: the Parliament had published its rapporteur’s statement that day.
- 30 Sep 2026UpdateThe sixth trilogue was held on 29 September, according to Council document 13051/26; its outcome has not been published. The status, the Chat Control 2.0 card, the counters, the procedure steps and the FAQ no longer describe it as upcoming, and the timeline has an entry for it. No figure changes.
- 28 Sep 2026CorrectionThe procedure steps under “Who decides next” called the Council position of 26 November 2025 a ministers’ mandate. It was agreed by member states’ representatives in the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper), as the Council’s press release of 26 November 2025 puts it. No figure changes.
- 28 Sep 2026SourceTwo Council working documents listed by Patrick Breyer are added to the timeline: WK 13816/26 of 11 September, the four-column table after the technical meeting of 10 September, and WK 14059/26 of 15 September, a presentation of the Commission. Neither is public. No figure changes.
- 26 Sep 2026SourceThe provisional agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 1 and 2 October, Council document CM 4127/1/26 REV 1 of 24 September, is added to the timeline: the child sexual abuse regulation is not on it. No figure changes.
- 25 Sep 2026SourceThe presidency note 13158/26 of 18 September, published by Patrick Breyer, is now linked directly; the 18 September entry quotes the document instead of the press report. No figure changes.
- 24 Sep 2026SourceTwo presidency documents added from the press: 11956/26 of 10 September, published by Agence Europe, and the presidency note of 18 September, reported by Agence Europe on 22 September. No figure changes.
- 23 Sep 2026UpdateCoreper II agenda for 23 September added to the timeline: the child sexual abuse regulation as item 9, “Preparation for the trilogue”, on document 13158/26, which is in the register by title only. No figure changes.
- 14 Sep 2026SourceThe presidency’s four-column table of 19 May 2026, document WK 6982/2026, joins the sources. In the draft agreement column the guarantee on encryption is Article 1(4a), a provision and not only a recital, and Parliament’s own version of it is marked deleted as covered by that line: record note. No figure changes.
- 14 Sep 2026SourceThe Council’s convocation note CM 3839/26 of 4 September 2026 joins the timeline and the sources: the child sexual abuse regulation was on the agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs Counsellors on 14 September, as the state of play of the negotiations and next steps, with background document 11956/26, which is marked LIMITE. No figure changes.
- 11 Sep 2026ClarificationAfter a reader’s objection, the governments strip and the FAQ now say what the blocking-minority sum is for: the Council’s future vote on the outcome of the trilogues, on a date not yet set, assuming governments vote as they have spoken. The Council does not vote in the trilogues. No figure changes; the same clarification is on Where the 27 governments stand and in the article of 8 September.
- 11 Sep 2026SourceThe presidency’s compromise texts on detection, Council document 9659/26 of 26 May 2026, are in the public register and now sit in the sources below. What the document says, in its own words, is in a record note of 11 September 2026. No dates or positions change.
- 9 Sep 2026ReclassificationSlovenia moves from Against to Unclear on Where the 27 governments stand: its recorded statement of 2 October 2025 predates the government confirmed on 4 June 2026, which has not stated a position and whose delegation entered a positive scrutiny reservation on the presidency compromise on 10 June 2026. The count on this page changes from 10 against (33.3 %) to 9 against (32.9 %), the gap to a blocking minority from 1.7 to 2.1 points, three unclear. The governments strip, the Council column and the FAQ updated. The two documents behind the change are set out in a record note of 10 September 2026.
- 9 Sep 2026UpdateThe date of the sixth trilogue now rests on the Council’s own record: the presidency’s note to delegations of 7 July 2026, document 11501/26 in the public register, schedules it for 29 September at the Council, with technical meetings on 10 and 18 September. Until today this page relied on internal minutes published by netzpolitik.org. New timeline entry for 7 July; the Council card, the FAQ and the sources updated.
- 5 Sep 2026New pageWhere the 27 governments stand, a sibling page with every government’s documented position on scanning private messages, the Council votes of 26 November 2025 and 23 July 2026, and the Parliament vote of 9 July 2026. Linked from the strip at the top, the status board, the Council card and the FAQ; the menu item Tracker became Chat Control with both pages under it.
- 5 Sep 2026Update and correctionNext political trilogue: 29 September 2026, from Council minutes published by netzpolitik.org on 2 July. Added to the status card, the timeline, the procedure steps and the FAQ. Earlier versions of this page said no date had been published; the date had been reported since 2 July.
- 4 Sep 2026New layoutStatus cards, timeline with filters, table of services, procedure steps, FAQ accordion and this changelog. Corrections made at the same time: Skype removed from the list of scannable services (retired 5 May 2025); Facebook Messenger marked partly covered (default end-to-end encryption since December 2023); next negotiating round now given as autumn 2026 with no date published.
- 4 Sep 2026CorrectionThe summary of the Council Legal Service’s position, the 29 June entry (the round ended without agreement on detection; it did not collapse) and the 9 July entry (absolute majority of all MEPs; amendments adopted) were rewritten against primary sources. Link to part four of Who Decides? added.
- 27 Aug 2026PublishedTracker launched with the status of both laws, the timeline, the list of services and the FAQ.
Sources
Primary documents first. We read them, not summaries of them.
- Regulation (EU) 2026/1881Official Journal, 24 July 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2021/1232Official Journal, 14 July 2021
- Commission proposal COM(2022) 209EUR-Lex, 11 May 2022
- Council Legal Service, opinion 8787/23Council register, 26 April 2023
- Council reaches positionCouncil press release, 26 November 2025
- Statement by the EP negotiating teamEuropean Parliament, 29 June 2026
- Support for a more limited ePrivacy derogationEuropean Parliament, 9 July 2026
- Interim measure now reinstatedCouncil press release, 23 July 2026
- Council minutes of May and June 2026published by netzpolitik.org, 12 June 2026
- Council minutes of June 2026: next trilogue 29 Septemberpublished by netzpolitik.org, 2 July 2026
- Presidency overview of legislative files, document 13051/26Council of the EU, public register, 29 September 2026
- Chat Control 2.0 Trilogue Update: No mass scanning deal for nowPatrick Breyer, former MEP, 30 September 2026
- Combating child sexual abuse: rapporteur hails deal on new EU agency’s tasksEuropean Parliament, press release, 30 September 2026
- ‘CSAM’ regulation: co-legislators agree on detection of public content and tasks of EU Centre for Child ProtectionAgence Europe, Europe Daily Bulletin 13949, 1 October 2026
- EU can soon seek host city for agency to protect children online, lawmaker saysMLex, 30 September 2026, on the rapporteur’s statement
- EU child abuse talks advance on public content searches; nonpublic detection unresolvedMLex, 29 September 2026
- Chatkontrolle-Verhandlungen: EU-Staaten und Parlament weiter uneinsnetzpolitik.org, Tomas Rudl, 1 October 2026
- Presidency note to delegations, document 11501/26: outcome of the trilogue of 29 June 2026 and next stepsCouncil of the EU, public register, 7 July 2026
- Presidency note to Coreper, document 10499/26: preparation for the trilogue of 29 June 2026Council of the EU, public register, 22 June 2026
- Presidency compromise texts on detection, document 9659/26: own-initiative searches, public and non-public detection orders, EU Centre searchesCouncil of the EU, public register, 26 May 2026
- CDT Europe on the 26 March 2026 voteCDT Europe
- Council document CM 3839/26Convocation, JHA Counsellors, 4 September 2026
- Council document WK 6982/2026Four-column table, 19 May 2026
- Legislative Train: combating child sexual abuse onlineEuropean Parliament
- Chat Control overviewfightchatcontrol.eu
- Coreper (Part 2) provisional agenda, 13105/2/26 REV 2Council register, meeting of 23 September 2026
- Preparation for the trilogue, 13158/26 (title only)Council register, 18 September 2026
- Preparation for the trilogue, 13158/26Council, 18 September 2026, LIMITE; published by Patrick Breyer
- State of play and way forward, 11956/26Council, 10 September 2026, LIMITE; published by Agence Europe
- CSAM Regulation: faced with deadlock over detection, Irish Presidency seeks to refine approachAgence Europe, 22 September 2026
- Council public register, file 2022/0155(COD): WK 15701/26, WK 15082/26 and WK 14760/26 (listed, not public)Council of the EU, checked 11 October 2026
- Council convocation CM 4514/26: JHA Counsellors (CSA Regulation), 20 October 2026Council of the EU, General Secretariat, 9 October 2026
- Council convocation CM 4365/26: JHA Counsellors (CSA Regulation), 5 October 2026Council of the EU, General Secretariat, 1 October 2026
- Council document CM 4127/1/26 REV 1Convocation, Justice and Home Affairs Council, 24 September 2026
- Chat Control: list of Council documentsPatrick Breyer, lists WK 13816/26 and WK 14059/26 (not public), checked 28 September 2026
Brussels Record, EU Chat Control Tracker, checked 5 September 2026, brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-tracker/Maintained by Brussels Record as part of the Who Decides? series. Background reading: Two laws, one nickname · The Chat Control 1.0 saga · Prove your age · Five trilogues, no deal · The Council’s lawyers said no.
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