The CyberSPEX project (2024 - 2026) is a joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe, it aims to enhancing co-operation on cybercrime and electronic evidence between Member States of the European Union and other Parties to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) by contributing to the ratification and implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime.
Project summary ENG / FR- Convention on Cybercrime: text of the Convention ENG / FR
- Second Additional Protocol on enhanced co-operation: text of the Protocol ENG / FR
Documents
Developed by the Council of Europe:
Factsheets: Convention on Cybercrime | Second Additional Protocol, November 2021
Guidelines: to come
Developed by the European Union:
- The Proposal of the European Commission
- The General Approach of the Council of the EU
- The Position of the European Parliament
Digital Services Act:
- Digital Services Act and Access to Information held by Service Providers
- Data Disclosure Orders under the Digital Services Act
Convention on Cybercrime and Cross-Border Access to Electronic Evidence and additional documentation on:
- Production Oders under Article 18
- Trans-Border Access to Stored Computer Data under Article 32
- 24/7 Points of Contact under Article 35
Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime and additional documentation on:
- Article 6: Direct Requests for Domain Name Registration Information
- Article 7: Disclosure of Subscriber Information
Video: Budapest Convention explained: Upcoming events:
4 -6 June 2025: Octopus Conference, Strasbourg, France
6 June 2025: CyberSPEX Steering Committee, Strasbourg France
Past events:
14-15 April 2025: Regional Meeting in support of the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, Central and Eastern-European countries, Bucharest, Romania
27-28 February 2025: Regional Meeting in support of the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, Mediterranean countries, Rome, Italy
12-13 February 2025: Regional Meeting in support of the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, Baltic and Scandinavian countries, Tallinn, Estonia
10 December 2024: CyberSPEX Project, First Steering Committee Meeting, Strasbourg, France
10 December 2024: Implementation of the Second Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime. Workshop with industry and service providers, online
22 November 2024: Workshop on direct cooperation provisions of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention (Art. 6 - 7), online
25 October 2024, CyberSPEX: Workshop on progress regarding the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, online
23 September 2024: Workshop on international co-operation provisions the Second Additional Protocol, online
20-21 June 2024: Launching Event, Strasbourg, France
Regional meeting on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol with Central and Eastern European countries
The CyberSPEX project organised the third meeting of its regional series on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) . The meeting was held in cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Justice and took place in Bucharest on 14-15...
Latvia becomes the 49th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
Today, 27 March 2025, H.E. Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvian Ministry of Justice, signed the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence. The event took place in Strasbourg in the presence of Alain BERSET, Secretary...
CyberSPEX: T-CY meeting with industry and service providers on the procedures enhancing direct cooperation under the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime
The Secretariat of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY), in cooperation with the CyberSPEX project, organised on 10 December 2024 an exchange with Parties to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), service providers and industry. The meeting focused on the key provisions of the...
Regional meetings on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol
The CyberSPEX joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe facilitated the organisation of a series of Regional Meetings on the implementation of the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention). The first meeting, on 12 and 13 February 2025,...
Octopus Conference 2025: Registration is now open!
Registration is now open for this year’s Octopus Conference, which will take place between 4-6 June, in Strasbourg, France! Registration form to attend the Octopus Conference 2025 The conference will provide an opportunity to interface for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as...
27 March 2025
Latvia becomes the 49th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
12 December 2024
Peru becomes the 48th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
24 September 2024
Paraguay becomes the 47th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
20 June 2024
Czechia and Sierra Leone become the 45th and 46th States to sign the Second Additional Protocol
17 June 2024
Georgia becomes the 44th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
16 November 2023
Armenia becomes the 43th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
28 June 2023
22 June 2023
Malta becomes the 39th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
20 June 2023
Canada becomes the 38th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
31 May 2023
Mauritius becomes the 37th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
27 February 2023
Albania becomes the 36th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
16 February 2023
Argentina becomes the 35th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
30 January 2023
The Dominican Republic becomes the 34th State to sign the Second Additional Protocol
27 January 2023
France and Germany become the 32nd and 33rd signatories
20 January 2023
Greece becomes the 31rst signatory
30 November 2022
6 Parties sign the Second additional Protocol [Croatia, Moldova, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United Kingdom]
13 June 2022
Costa Rica becomes 24th signatory
20 May 2022
Andorra becomes 23rd signatory
12 May 2022
22 Parties sign the Second additional Protocol at the opening for signature conference [Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and the United States of America]
17 November 2021
The Second additional Protocol is adopted by the Committee of Ministers