# 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, Article 6: Illegal interception

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that intercepting, by technical means, non-public transmissions of computer data to, from or within an information system, including electromagnetic emissions from an information system carrying such computer data, intentionally and without right, is punishable as a criminal offence, at least for cases which are not minor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/40/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-40/article-6
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