GreeceΝόμος 5099/2024 (Law 5099/2024), Part A, Reports of Suspected Offences and Orders to Act against Illegal Content
Law 5099/2024, Articles 9 and 12 (Ν. 5099/2024, ΦΕΚ Α’ 48/05.04.2024), Part A
In force since .
A notice and action rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Reporting, Disclosure
As of .
What it requires
- If Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 obliges you to report a suspected criminal offence, send the report in Greece to the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police, which Article 9 of Law 5099/2024 names as the authority that receives such reports.
- Act on an order to act against illegal content that a Greek judicial or public authority sends you under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; an order of a public authority that does not meet the conditions of Article 9(2) is non-existent for the purposes of the Regulation (Article 12 of Law 5099/2024).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
National Telecommunications and Postal Commission (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων, EETT), the Digital Services Coordinator; the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police receives reports under Article 18 of the Regulation.
What this law does
Article 9 of Law 5099/2024 makes the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police the law enforcement authority under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, which receives reports of suspected criminal offences. Article 12 requires the judicial or public authorities that issue an order to act against illegal content to a provider of intermediary services to ensure that the order meets the conditions of Article 9(2) of the Regulation.
Where an order of a public authority does not meet one or more of those conditions, Article 12 treats the order as non-existent for the purposes of the Regulation. The Law entered into force on its publication in the Government Gazette on .
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