Recital 19

Stored Data Only, No General Retention and No Interception Unofficial title

This Regulation should regulate the gathering of data stored by a service provider at the time of receipt of a European Production Order or a European Preservation Order only. It should not lay down a general data retention obligation for service providers and it should not have the effect of resulting in any general and indiscriminate retention of data. This Regulation also should not authorise the interception of data or the obtention of data that are stored after the receipt of a European Production Order or a European Preservation Order.

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Text as at 5 November 2026.

This is an unofficial convenience version of the EU e-Evidence Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1543). It is presented “as is” without guarantee of accuracy, completeness or reliability. See the source text for the official version. This site was last updated in November 2026.