According to reports in the European media, EU Justice and Interior ministers have reached an agreement of sorts with regard to the controversial issue of data retention.
Although the first round of talks on the matter ended in deadlock on Friday, a second round yielded a compromise, albeit one that was fiercely opposed by Ireland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
Under the compromise brokered by the UK presidency, telecoms firms must store phone call information - but not content - for six to twenty-four months. However, no maximum time frame has been stipulated, in a concession to EU members with maximum required storage periods of longer than 2 years.
Compensation levels for the telecoms industry have been left to individual member states to set.
Ireland, meanwhile, has pledged to take its case against the proposed regime before the ECJ if it is approved by the European Parliament.
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