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title: "Art. 95 GDPR: Relationship with Directive 2002/58/EC"
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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"
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Art. 95 GDPR · Chapter XI: Final provisions

# Article 95 GDPR: Relationship with Directive 2002/58/EC

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

## Summary (not the official text)

The Regulation does not impose additional obligations on natural or legal persons in relation to processing in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services in public communication networks in the Union in relation to matters for which they are subject to specific obligations with the same objective set out in Directive 2002/58/EC.

## Official text

This Regulation shall not impose additional obligations on natural or legal persons in relation to processing in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services in public communication networks in the Union in relation to matters for which they are subject to specific obligations with the same objective set out in Directive 2002/58/EC.

## 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 95 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#art_95)

Text as of 28 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

## Related recitals

This list is under review.

- [Recital 171](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/recital/171)

## EDPB guidance

### [Guidelines 2/2023 on technical scope of Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/guidance/edpb-02-2023)

EDPB 02/2023 · Final · First published 16 November 2023 · Final version 16 October 2024

Interprets the ePrivacy Directive, not the GDPR.

[Document on the EDPB website](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/documents/guideline/guidelines-22023-on-technical-scope-of-art-53-of-eprivacy-directive_en)

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