Recitals
Recital 13
Recital 13
Excluded Services and Systems Unofficial title
Proposal (not yet law)
This is the text proposed by the European Commission on 17 September 2026 (COM(2026) 681 final, procedure 2026/0286(COD)). It has not been adopted and has no legal effect. The European Parliament and the Council may amend it, so the final wording and numbering may differ. Follow the procedure on EUR-Lex.
To ensure proportionality of the Regulation, this Regulation should not apply to services or systems that, by virtue of their non-commercial, educational, scientific or public-interest nature, present a materially very low risk to minors. This exclusion should cover not-for-profit online encyclopaedias, not-for-profit educational and scientific repositories, services and systems that are designed for primarily educational purposes and operated by educational establishments or organisation, or for them; open-source software-developing and-sharing platforms, services and systems specifically developed and operated for the sole purpose of scientific research and development, and services and systems designed, developed and operated by public authorities and for exclusive use of said public authorities or on their behalf.
https://kids-act.digiphile.law/recital/recital-13.html
Text as at 7 October 2026.
This is an unofficial convenience version of the European Commission’s proposal for the EU KIDS Act (COM(2026) 681 final), which is not yet law. It is presented “as is” without guarantee of accuracy, completeness or reliability. See the source text for the official version. This site was last updated in October 2026.