1. Overview

Article 5.3 of Directive 2002/58/EC, which regulates the use of cookies and similar, was amended in 2009. The amended legislation now requires consent to be given by users before most cookies can be stored on a user's computer. The change was due to be implemented in the national law of Member States by May 2011.

This document sets out the status of implementation around the 28 Member States of the European Union in April-May 2015. From the responses, it can be seen that 25 countries have implemented the change, 1 has legislation that implements the change but such implementation is considered incomplete; and 2 have not implemented the change and have no concrete plans yet to do so.

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Contributors by Country

Austria

Günther Leissler
Schoenherr
Schönherr rechtsanwälte gmbh tuchlauben 17
A-1010 vienna
Austria
  Belgium

Jan Dhont
Delphine Charlot
Koan Lorenz
Brussels Office
Boulevard du Souverain, 100
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Bulgaria

Desislava Krusteva
Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.
28 Todor Alexandrov Blvd., fl.7
1303 Sofia,
Bulgaria
  Croatia

Andrea Ko~ul Pediaić
Vukmir & Associates
Gramača 2L,
10000 Zagreb,
Croatia / Hrvatska
Cyprus

Michalis Fieros
Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office LLC
The Chanteclair House,
2 Sophoulis Street, 9th Floor,
CY1096 Nicosia,
Cyprus
  Czech Republic

Martin Voborník
Vobornik, Nigrini, Kipiel
Kladská 1489/5
120 00 Praha 2
Česká republika
Denmark

Arly Carlquist
Marie Albæk Jacobsen
Bech-Bruun
Langelinie Allé 35
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
  Estonia

Timo Kullerkupp
NJORD Advokaadibüroo – Estonia
Rotermanni 8,
10111 Tallinn,
Estonia
Finland

Markus Lampinen
Backström & Co Ltd.
Kasarmikatu 44,
FI-00130 Helsinki,
Finland
  France

Anne Perrin
ALP Avocat
5, rue de la Rochefoucauld
75009 Paris
France
Germany

Dr. Jürgen Hartung
Oppenhoff & Partner
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Köln
Germany
  Greece

Sevy Stefanidi
Zannos & Associates Law Firm
64, Skoufa Str.
Athens 106 80
Greece
Hungary

Dr Péter Szemán
Bán, S. Szabó & Partners
H-1051 Budapest, József Nádor Tér 5-6.
Hungary
  Ireland

John O'Connor
Matheson
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
Ireland
Italy

Luigi Manna
Martini Manna Avvocati
Via Savona n. 123
Milano 20144
Italy
  Latvia

Juris Eglītis
Baltic Law
Strelnieku Str. 9-8
Riga, LV-1010
Latvia
Lithuania

Jolanta Kaminskaite
Ruta Andriuleviciute
IPnovus Law
Siauliu St. 10-32
Vilnius 01134
Lithuania
  Luxembourg

Marielle Stevenot
Rima Guillen
MNKS
Vertigo Polaris Building
2-4 rue Eugène Ruppert (2nd floor) L-2453
Luxembourg
Malta

Michael Zammit Maempel
GVTH Advocates
192, Old Bakery Street,
Valletta, VLT 1455,
Malta
  Netherlands

Wanne Pemmelaar
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.
P.O. Box 75084
Claude Debussylaan 80
1070 AB Amsterdam
Poland

Mikołaj Sowinski
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
ul. Jasna 26
00-054 Warszawa
Poland
  Portugal

Manuel Lopes Rocha
PLMJ
Lisboa Av. da Liberdade, 224
Edifício Eurolex
1250-148 Lisboa
Portugal
Romania

Magda Popescu
Popescu Magdalena-Daniela Law Office
10 Splaiul Unirii Street,
Bl. B5, Entr. 1, Ap. 10,
4th District,
040033 Bucharest,
Romania
  Slovakia

Marcel Baker
Law Office Bianchi " Malach " Tomanová
Jakubovo námestie No. 13,
811 09 Bratislava 1
Slovakia
Slovenia

Rok Koren
Mirela Murtič
Law offices Koren
Komeskega 12
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
  Spain

Reyes Bermejo Bosch
Uría Menéndez
Colón 28-5ª
46004 Valencia
Spain
Sweden

Charlotta Poehler
Nord & Co. Advokatbyrå KB
Engelbrektsgatan 3
P. O. Box 1435
SE-111 84 Stockholm
Sweden
  United Kingdom

Bathilde Waquet
Bristows LLP
100 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0DH
United Kingdom

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