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title: "Chapter VII GDPR: Cooperation and consistency"
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# Chapter VII: Cooperation and consistency

Articles 60 to 76 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

## Section 1: Cooperation

- [Article 60 Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/60)
- [Article 61 Mutual assistance](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/61)
- [Article 62 Joint operations of supervisory authorities](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/62)

## Section 2: Consistency

- [Article 63 Consistency mechanism](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/63)
- [Article 64 Opinion of the Board](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/64)
- [Article 65 Dispute resolution by the Board](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/65)
- [Article 66 Urgency procedure](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/66)
- [Article 67 Exchange of information](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/67)

## Section 3: European data protection board

- [Article 68 European Data Protection Board](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/68)
- [Article 69 Independence](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/69)
- [Article 70 Tasks of the Board](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/70)
- [Article 71 Reports](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/71)
- [Article 72 Procedure](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/72)
- [Article 73 Chair](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/73)
- [Article 74 Tasks of the Chair](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/74)
- [Article 75 Secretariat](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/75)
- [Article 76 Confidentiality](https://dposchool.com/gdpr/article/76)

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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