The ordinary legislative procedure applies to both: - Chat Control 1.0 (now expired): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R1232 ht

The ordinary legislative procedure applies to both: - Chat Control 1.0 (now expired): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R1232 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A... - Chat Control 2.0: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52022PC0209 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52... In both cases you can read "Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure", and it's not possible to adopt a different one, since it depends solely on the appropriate legal basis for the act. In fact, both are based on Article 114 TFEU, which reads: "The European Parliament and the Council shall, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, adopt the measures for the approximation of the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States which have as their object the establishment and functioning of the internal market." > and, the part not said out loud, due to bypassing the EU commission makes country vetos null The Commission is not an intergovernmental institution. The "veto rule" exists in areas where the Council - not the Commission - acts by unanimity, which is not the case for article 114 TFEU (and all acts under the ordinary legislative procedure, unanimity is present in (most) SLPs only).