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Under the e-Evidence package, service providers offering services in the European Union must appoint a “designated establishment” or “legal representative” who will be responsible for receiving and responding to requests from law enforcement authorities for electronic evidence.

Under the package, the “designated establishment” or “legal representative” that is selected by the service provider is called an “addressee”.

The addressee will be legally responsible for receiving and responding to requests from law enforcement authorities for electronic evidence. The e-Evidence package also requires service providers to adequately resource their addressee in order to respond to and comply with e-Evidence orders.

For more information on the role of the addressee under the e-Evidence package, please see the “FAQ” page and Directive (EU) 2023/1544.

Under the e-Evidence Directive, service providers must register their addressee via the EU e-Evidence registration portal.

Registration must be completed by the 18th of August for service providers who are established on 18th of February 2026 (or within 6 months for service providers who begin offering services after 18 February 2026).

If you are unsure whether you are a service provider who the e-Evidence package will apply to, please see the “Definitions” page for more information.

The link to the EU e-Evidence registration portal, where you will be able to register your addressee under the e-Evidence package, will be available on this page in due course.

To register, you will need the following information:

1. An EU login account is required in order to access the registration portal. If you do not have an EU login account, please follow the European Commission’s step-by-step user guide on this topic.

2. Please ensure that you have the following information available:

a) Information about the Central Authority: The name of the competent central authority in the Member State in which you wish to register your addressee.

b) Information about your company/organisation: Registered company name, contact details, registration number, and types of services offered in the Union

c) Information about your Designated Establishment/Legal Representative: Contact details (including emergency contact and technical assistance contact), the official language(s) accepted for communication purposes, and which legal instrument(s) your addressee will be responsible for.

d) Information about Available Data: information on the types of data applicable to each service offered - category of data, identifiers, period of availability. Service providers can also add any additional information on the services they offer and the associated data.

e) Technical information: the type of connection which will be used to connect to the national IT system (either the web-based interface or API)

3. At the end of the registration process, you will be required to digitally sign and upload a PDF version of the authorisation form.