Ireland At The Centre Of The E-Evidence Package

Background

On 18 August 2026 the EU e-Evidence Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 (the “e-Evidence Regulation”) entered into application and is now binding in its entirety and directly applicable in participating Member States. The e-Evidence Regulation and Directive (EU 2023/1544) (the “e-Evidence Directive”) (together, the “e-Evidence Package”) allow authorities in one EU Member State to issue an order directly to a service provider based in another Member State requesting the production of electronic evidence. For further information on the background of the e-Evidence Package, see our previous analysis.

e-Evidence Regulation

The e-Evidence Regulation establishes a framework under which a judicial authority in one Member State may, in criminal proceedings, order a service provider offering services in the EU and established or legally represented in another participating Member State to produce electronic evidence via a European Production Order Certificate (“EPOC”) and / or to preserve e