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The page must also provide means for consent management.</p><h3 id="id-04.Cookies-ExemptionsonEuropa">Exemptions on Europa</h3><p>In line with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive, consent is not required for technical storage or access of the following cookies:</p><ul><li>cookies used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication</li><li>cookies that are strictly necessary in order for the provider of an information society service explicitly required by the user to provide that service</li></ul><p>Examples of cookies that generally do NOT require consent:</p><ul><li>user input cookies, for the duration of a session</li><li>authentication cookies, for the duration of a session</li><li>user-centric security cookies, used to detect authentication abuses and linked to the functionality explicitly requested by the user, for a limited persistent duration</li><li>multimedia content player session cookies, such as flash player cookies, for the duration of a session</li><li>load balancing session cookies and other technical cookies, for the duration of session</li><li>user interface customisation cookies, for a browser session or a few hours, when additional information in a prominent location is provided (e.g. “uses cookies” written next to the customisation feature)</li></ul><h2 id="id-04.Cookies-Procedures">Procedures</h2><p>These procedures are dedicated to external and internal developers and web masters of the European institutions. 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This header banner will disappear once the user has accepted or refused the cookies used on the website.</p><p>This solution provides the following functionalities:</p><ul><li>JavaScript to display automatically the header banner in 24 languages</li><li>a wizard to declare your cookies and the link to your cookies notice page</li><li>a JavaScript API with methods and functions that help to prevent prior storage of cookies</li><li>a corporate‑consent cookie to remember the choice of the user across websites</li><li>a template for the cookie notice page</li></ul><h2 id="id-04.Cookies-References">References</h2><p><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200510183521/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32009L0136:EN:NOT" rel="nofollow">Directive 2009/136/EC</a> (ePrivacy Directive)</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200510183521/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1725" rel="nofollow">Regulation (EU) 2018/1725</a> (Data protection regulation for EU institutions)</p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200510183521/https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/16-11-07_guidelines_web_services_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">EDPS Guidelines on the protection of personal data processed through web services provided by EU institutions</a></p><p><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200510183521/http://webtools.ec.europa.eu/cookie-consent/documentation/" rel="nofollow">Documentation Cookie Consent Kit</a></p><h2 id="id-04.Cookies-Contactandsupport"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Contact and support</span></h2><p><span>If you require further assistance, please contact:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.0px;"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="color: rgb(0,82,204);text-decoration: none;">Comm Europa Management</span></a></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.0px;text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">European Commission</span><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><br/>DG Communication <br/>Unit B.3 <br/>Europa Web Communication </span></p><p><br/></p> <div id="custom-pagetree"> <div class="plugin_pagetree"> <div id="pagetreesearch"> <form method="POST" class="aui" action="/web/20200510183521/https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/plugins/pagetreesearch/pagetreesearch.action" name="pagetreesearchform"> <input type="hidden" name="ancestorId" value="6824585"> <input type="hidden" name="spaceKey" value="WEBGUIDE"> <input type="text" class="text medium-field" size="20" name="queryString"> <input type="submit" class="aui-button" value="Search"> </form> </div> <div> <span class="plugin_pagetree_status hidden">Collapse all</span> <div class="plugin_pagetree_expandcollapse"> <a class="plugin_pagetree_expandall" href="#">Expand all</a>   <a class="plugin_pagetree_collapseall" href="#">Collapse all</a> </div> </div> <ul class="plugin_pagetree_children_list plugin_pagetree_children_list_noleftspace"> <div class="plugin_pagetree_children"> </div> </ul> <fieldset class="hidden"> <input type="hidden" name="treeId" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="treeRequestId" value="/plugins/pagetree/naturalchildren.action?decorator=none&excerpt=false&sort=position&reverse=false&disableLinks=false&expandCurrent=false"> <input type="hidden" name="treePageId" value="6824916"> <input type="hidden" name="noRoot" value="false"> <input type="hidden" name="rootPageId" value="6824585"> <input type="hidden" name="rootPage" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="startDepth" value="0"> <input type="hidden" name="spaceKey" value="WEBGUIDE"> <input type="hidden" name="i18n-pagetree.loading" value="Loading..."> <input type="hidden" name="i18n-pagetree.error.permission" value="Unable to load page tree. 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