COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Tackling Illegal Content Online Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 10 October 2017 (OR. en)

12879/17 COR 1

CYBER 139 TELECOM 222 CT 100 FREMP 107 JAI 874 AUDIO 108

COVER NOTE

From: Secretary-General of the European Commission,

signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director

date of receipt: 28 September 2017

To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of

the European Union

No. Cion doc.: COM(2017) 555 final i

Subject: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

Tackling Illegal Content Online Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms

In document ST 12879/17 INIT, sub-codes should read as follows:

CYBER 139

TELECOM 222

CT 100

FREMP 107

JAI 874

AUDIO 108

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