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EU: Mandatory retention of telecommunications data: Latest Council negotiating position
01 November 2005
Latest Council negotiating position (8.11.05) The first "trilogue" between the Council and the European Parliament (EP) will take place on 10 November: A timetable has been circulated to MEPs which would allow a "compromise" to be reached with the Council and for the measure to be agreed at 1st reading ("fast-track") at the plenary session on 14-15 December. Comparative chart showing Commission draft Directive, the Council's view and EP amendments:
Chart (pdf) See for full background and documentation: Statewatch's
Observatory on the surveillance of telecommunications in the EU