--- title: "Article 14 — Technical features and standardisation" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219" source_retrieved: 2026-10-01 shortTitle: "Article 14 — Technical features and standardisation" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive 2002/58/EC" instrument: eprivacy celex: "32002L0058" regulation: ePrivacy regulation-full: "Directive 2002/58/EC" article: 14 status: in_force object_id: eu.eprivacy.legal_text.article.14 text_version: "Consolidated version of 19 December 2009" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 19 December 2009 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219)* 1. In implementing the provisions of this Directive, Member States shall ensure, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, that no mandatory requirements for specific technical features are imposed on terminal or other electronic [communication](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/eprivacy/communication) equipment which could impede the placing of equipment on the market and the free circulation of such equipment in and between Member States. 2. Where provisions of this Directive can be implemented only by requiring specific technical features in electronic communications networks, Member States shall inform the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for by Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on information society services. 3. Where required, measures may be adopted to ensure that terminal equipment is constructed in a way that is compatible with the right of users to protect and control the use of their personal data, in accordance with Directive 1999/5/EC and Council Decision 87/95/EEC of 22 December 1986 on standardisation in the field of information technology and communications. *** [Chapter II — Specific provisions](../chapters/ii.md) · [← Article 13](13.md) · [Article 14a →](14a.md)