Chapter 7 asks how it took more than five years for one of the most pressing legislative projects, seen as essential to enable law enforcement authorities all over the EU to effectively investigate crimes, to be resolved. The European Commission put forward the legislative package concerning e-evidence in criminal matters in 2018, but the legislative process was not concluded until June 2023. What can explain the divergences and delays that occurred, despite all parties having acknowledged the importance of the project? This chapter provides an overview of the difficulties that marked the negotiation process, as well as the solutions finally found, and serves as a very useful guide to e-evidence. It outlines the pre-history of e-evidence and the different stages of the negotiating process, before laying out the positions of the various actors on several issues that had to be negotiated. Finally, it focuses on the most contentious issue, namely the notification to be given, in some cases, by the issuing state to other states involved, permitting them to review the requests to service providers in order to ensure that human rights are protected and that no abuse occurs.