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e-Evidence Legal Representative
The EU e-Evidence
Package is here. Ensure Your compliance, effortlessly.
Your official EU Legal Representative service for the e-Evidence Package. We act as your addressee for European Production and Preservation Orders.
Appoint EDSR as Your EU e-Evidence legal representative, promptly.
We act as your official legal representative. EDSR provides your European representation mandated by the e-Evidence package, ready to receive and forward European Protection and Preservation Orders to your team.
Our simple 3-Step onboarding process
1. Initial Consultation & Assessment
We start with a conversation to assess the needs of your company. On the basis of this, we provide you with a tailored proposal.2. Official Appointment
We sign a mandate agreement and guide you through a smooth, fully digital onboarding process. In just a few quick steps, you are up and running and ready to meet your representative compliance requirements. EDSR is now appointed in writing as your legal representative.3. Ongoing Compliance & Support
As your e-Evidence representative, we are the addressee for European Protection and Preservation Orders for the competent European authorities. Upon receiving an EPOC(-PR), we forward them to you immediately, provide continuous support and updates on developments.Your seamless path to compliance
We are more than a legal address. We are your legal partner in the EU.
Expert guidance
Direct access to our team of legal experts specialised in EU regulatory representation.
Official representation
We act as your official point of contact for competent EU authorities and law enforcement authorities.
Trusted Guardian
We handle all communications with EU data protection authorities, ensuring timely and compliant responses.
Total peace of mind
We manage unlimited EPOC(-PR)s including request reception, translation, and response handling.
EU/EEA Representation Coverage
We act on your behalf across the entire EU/EEA, ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements while maintaining a single point of contact for authorities.
EDSR manages your onboarding simply and efficiently so you can get on with your business.
A Service Designed for Your Specific Needs
You probably need to appoint an e-Evidence Legal Representative if you are…
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A Service Provider falling within one or more of the following categories of services:
- electronic communications services
- internet domain name and IP numbering services, such as IP address assignment, domain name registry, domain name registrar and domain name-related privacy and proxy services;
- other information society services
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That enable their users to communicate with each other; or
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That make it possible to store or otherwise process data on behalf of the users to whom the service is provided, provided that the storage of data is a defining component of the service provided to the user
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Without an existing EU establishment equipped to receive and act on judicial orders
Financial services are explicitly excluded from the scope of the e-Evidence Package.
- $The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – EU & UK
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- $The AI Act
- $The NIS2 Directive (NIS2)
- $The Data Governance Act (DGA)
- $The Digital Services Act (DSA)
Top Leader in Data Protection & AI Representation
Hundreds of Happy Clients on Every Continent (*Except the one with penguins*).
Direct Interface with EU Authorities.
One Contract.
One Contact.
Across Time Zones, Industries and Use Cases.
From Fast-Growing Startups to Global Groups
Built in Brussels.
Applied Globally.
Key Compliance Deadline
The e-Evidence Regulation applies from a single mandatory date. Here is the critical date yourbusiness needs to know.
18 August 2026: The e-Evidence Regulation becomes directly applicable. Service providers must have a compliant Legal Representative or designated EU establishment in place from this date. Penalties can be imposed immediately.
“Overseas family that has our back”
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Why you must act now: Risks of Non-Compliance
Heavy Fines
Penalties of up to 2% of your total worldwide annual turnover.
Joint & Several Liability
Both your company and your Legal Representative can be held jointly and severally liable for non-compliance. The law explicitly states that lack of internal procedures is not a valid defence.
Brutal Deadlines
Standard orders must be fulfilled in 10 days. Emergency orders in 8 hours. Without a compliant process in place, these timelines are impossible to meet.
No Valid Excuses
Being unregistered or having no designated contact point is not a defence — it is the offence. The enforcement framework applies from 18 August 2026.
Still Not Sure if You Need to Appoint an e-Evidence Legal Representative?
Why Choose EDSR as Your e-Evidence Legal Representative?
1. Deep Expertise in European Regulations
With years of experience in representative services across GDPR, AI Act, NIS2, DGA and Data Act, EDSR ensures your business meets its e-Evidence obligations and avoids potential legal risks.
2. Seamless Communication with EU Authorities
As your official representative, we handle all interactions with EU judicial and law enforcement authorities, ensuring smooth and efficient compliance.
3. The GDPR and e-Evidence Intersection — Covered
We provide continuous support to keep your business aligned with evolving regulations, helping you maintain trust and transparency in the EU market.
4. Tailored Support for Ongoing Compliance
We provide continuous support to keep your business aligned with evolving national implementing laws across EU Member States, helping you maintain trust and legal certainty.
Your questions, answered
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- $The AI Act
- $The NIS2 Directive (NIS2)
- $The Data Governance Act (DGA)
- $The Digital Services Act (DSA)
The e-Evidence Package consists of Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 and Directive (EU) 2023/1544, both adopted on 12 July 2023. Together they allow judicial and law enforcement authorities in one EU Member State to directly order service providers to hand over or preserve electronic evidence. From 18 August 2026, these orders must be executed within days or hours.
Three categories: (1) electronic communications services (internet access, messaging, telecom); (2) internet domain name and IP numbering services (registries, registrars, privacy/proxy services); (3) other information society services that enable user-to-user communication or store/process data on behalf of users (cloud, SaaS, hosting, social media, marketplaces). Financial services are explicitly excluded.
Two conditions must both be met: (1) You actively enable EU users to access your service (not just that it is technically accessible). (2) You have a substantial connection to an EU Member State through an establishment, a significant EU user base, or deliberate EU facing activities such as local language support, EU currency, or EU customer service.
Yes. If you already have a branch or subsidiary established in a participating EU Member State, you can designate that entity as your addressee — provided it has been formally granted the necessary powers and resources. If you have no such EU establishment, appointing an external Legal Representative such as EDSR is the required path.
European Production Order: 10 days, or within 8 hours in cases of emergency. European Preservation Order: preservation without undue delay for a 60 day period.
Yes — both the Legal Representative and the service provider can be held jointly and severally liable for non-compliance. The Directive explicitly states that the lack of appropriate internal procedures between the service provider and the legal representative is not a valid justification for non-compliance.
The Regulation sets a ceiling of 2% of the service provider's total worldwide annual turnover in the preceding financial year. Individual Member States may set their own penalty structures within this ceiling.
Where needed, orders will be translated into an official EU language accepted by the addressee. If no language preference has been specified, translation will be into the official language of the Member State where the Legal Representative is located. EDSR, based in Belgium, can accept orders in French, Dutch, and English.
An Important Note on Our Role
EDSR’s service fulfils the mandatory requirement of appointing an EU Legal Representative under the e-Evidence Package.
Our role is to be your official point of contact for competent EU authorities. Please note that while we provide this essential link, your company remains responsible for assessing the legality of orders received, producing or preserving the requested electronic evidence, and executing orders within the statutory deadlines.