Source: OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, pp. 1–88 · Consolidated textCurrent language: EN
- General data protection
Basic legislative acts
- GDPR regulation
Article 98 Review of other Union legal acts on data protection
Summary What does Article 98 of the GDPR regulation say?
This brief but notable article places a forward-looking obligation on the Commission to consider amending other Union legal acts that deal with personal data protection.
The purpose is to bring those acts into alignment with the GDPR, ensuring that the standard of protection it establishes applies uniformly and consistently across the Union's legal landscape.
The article specifically calls out the rules governing processing by Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies as a particular area of focus, reflecting the fact that those entities operate under separate legal frameworks that may not yet match the GDPR's standards.
Important points:
- The Commission is required to submit legislative proposals, where appropriate, to align other Union legal acts with the GDPR's standards of personal data protection.
- The specific focus is on rules governing processing by Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies, as well as the free movement of such data.
- The trigger for action is not automatic — the Commission acts only where it considers it appropriate to do so.
Springlex's summary of the article is a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.
The Commission shall, if appropriate, submit legislative proposals with a view to amending other Union legal acts on the protection of personal data, in order to ensure uniform and consistent protection of natural persons with regard to processing. This shall in particular concern the rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to processing by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.
Relevant recitals
Recital 17 Aligning Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6) applies to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and other Union legal acts applicable to such processing of personal data should be adapted to the principles and rules established in this Regulation and applied in the light of this Regulation. In order to provide a strong and coherent data protection framework in the Union, the necessary adaptations of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 should follow after the adoption of this Regulation, in order to allow application at the same time as this Regulation.
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personal data
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