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title: "Art. 69 GDPR: Independence"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/69"
source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#art_69"
source_note: "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: "2026-10-28"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-29"
language: "en"
publisher: "DPO School"
---

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](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

## Official text

### Article 69(1)

**1.** The Board shall act independently when performing its tasks or exercising its powers pursuant to Articles 70 and 71.

### Article 69(2)

**2.** 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

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

[Article 69 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#art_69)

Text as of 28 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

## Related recitals

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- [Recital 139](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/recital/139)

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