{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-40/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-40/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/40",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-40",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction",
  "text": "1. Member States shall establish their jurisdiction with regard to the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 8 where the offence has been committed:\n(a) in whole or in part within their territory; or\n(b) by one of their nationals, at least in cases where the act is an offence where it was committed.\n2. When establishing jurisdiction in accordance with point (a) of paragraph 1, a Member State shall ensure that it has jurisdiction where:\n(a) the offender commits the offence when physically present on its territory, whether or not the offence is against an information system on its territory; or\n(b) the offence is against an information system on its territory, whether or not the offender commits the offence when physically present on its territory.\n3. A Member State shall inform the Commission where it decides to establish jurisdiction over an offence referred to in Articles 3 to 8 committed outside its territory, including where:\n(a) the offender has his or her habitual residence in its territory; or\n(b) the offence is committed for the benefit of a legal person established in its territory.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/40/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:52.154355+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}