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title: "Art. 74 GDPR: Tasks of the Chair"
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#art_74"
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"
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publisher: "DPO School"
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Art. 74 GDPR · Chapter VII: Cooperation and consistency · Section 3: European data protection board

# Article 74 GDPR: Tasks of the Chair

Text as of 28 October 2026 · [Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/about#review)

## Official text

### Article 74(1)

**1.** The Chair shall have the following tasks:

#### Article 74(1)(a)

**(a)** to convene the meetings of the Board and prepare its agenda;

#### Article 74(1)(b)

**(b)** to notify decisions adopted by the Board pursuant to Article 65 to the lead supervisory authority and the supervisory authorities concerned;

#### Article 74(1)(c)

**(c)** to ensure the timely performance of the tasks of the Board, in particular in relation to the consistency mechanism referred to in Article 63.

### Article 74(2)

**2.** The Board shall lay down the allocation of tasks between the Chair and the deputy chairs in its rules of procedure.

## 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 74 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#art_74)

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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