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European Commission - Roadmap - Report On The Application of The General Data Protection Regulation
European Commission - Roadmap - Report On The Application of The General Data Protection Regulation
Ares(2020)1873825 - 01/04/2020
ROADMAP
Roadmaps aim to inform citizens and stakeholders about the Commission's work in order to allow them to provide
feedback and to participate effectively in future consultation activities. Citizens and stakeholders are in particular
invited to provide views on the Commission's understanding of the problem and possible solutions and to make
available any relevant information that they may have.
TITLE OF THE INITIATIVE Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation
LEAD DG – RESPONSIBLE UNIT DG JUST.C3 and C4
LIKELY TYPE OF INITIATIVE Report from the Commission on the application of the General Data Protection
Regulation
INDICATIVE PLANNING Q2 2020
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION https://ec.europa.eu/info/priorities/justice-and-fundamental-rights/data-
protection/2018-reform-eu-data-protection-rules/eu-data-protection-rules_en
This Roadmap is provided for information purposes only and its content might change. It does not prejudge the final
decision of the Commission on whether this initiative will be pursued or on its final content. All elements of the
initiative described by the Roadmap, including its timing, are subject to change.
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https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R0679
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https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2019:374:FIN
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https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2017%3A7%3AFIN
C. Better regulation
Consultation of citizens and stakeholders
The input from stakeholders will be gathered through consultation of the GDPR Multi-Stakeholder Group
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established by the Commission and ensuring a balanced representation of business and civil society.
It will complement the contribution from the Council, from the European Parliament, and from the Data Protection
Authorities and the European Data Protection Board.
As regards adequacy decisions, information will be collected also on the basis of bilateral dialogues with the
concerned third countries authorities.
Evidence base and data collection
The information underpinning the report will be gathered notably through:
the Council position and findings on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (already
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adopted).
the input from the European Parliament
the replies to be received on the detailed questionnaire sent to the Data Protection Authorities and to the
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European Data Protection Board
the replies to be received on the detailed questionnaire sent to the members of the GDPR Multi-Stakeholder
Group
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https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3537
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https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14994-2019-REV-1/en/pdf
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https://edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/other/contribution-edpb-evaluation-gdpr-under-article-97_en