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title: "Article 19 — Repeal"
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 19 — Repeal"
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: 19
status: in_force
object_id: eu.eprivacy.legal_text.article.19
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
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*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)*

Directive 97/66/EC is hereby repealed with effect from the date referred to in [Article 17(1)](17.md).

References made to the repealed Directive shall be construed as being made to this Directive.

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[Chapter III — Final provisions](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 18](18.md) · [Article 20 →](20.md)