Art. 69 GDPR · Chapter VII: Cooperation and consistency · Section 3: European data protection board
Article 69 GDPR: Independence
Text as of 28 October 2026 Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026
Official text
The Board shall act independently when performing its tasks or exercising its powers pursuant to Articles 70 and 71.
Without prejudice to requests by the Commission referred to in Article 70(1) and (2), the Board shall, in the performance of its tasks or the exercise of its powers, neither seek nor take instructions from anybody.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Official Journal L 119, 4.5.2016, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu
Text as of 28 October 2026.
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