Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1147· GDPR Article 22(1)(a)

Alternative

Tabled by
Irena Joveva and 5 others (Renew)Irena Joveva, Michael McNamara, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Fabienne Keller
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, p. 78·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point a
Targets
Article 22(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wordingagainst the Commission’s

(a) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller regardless of whether the decision could be taken otherwise than by solely automated means;

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GDPR Article 22 with this amendment

Amendment 1147 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

1.

A decision which produces legal effects for a data subject or similarly significantly affects him or her may be based solely on automated processing, including profiling, only where that decision:

Amended
(a)

is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller regardless of whether the decision could be taken otherwise than by solely automated means;is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller (b) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or

Amended
(b)

is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or

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Unchanged: (c), (3) and (4)
(c)

is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

3.

In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 2, the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

4.

Decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1), unless point (a) or (g) of Article 9(2) applies and suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place.

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Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

No Council text amends Article 22(1)(a).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1147 (Irena Joveva and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00, 27 July 2026), p. 78

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Reference

Amendment 1147 (Irena Joveva and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00, 27 July 2026), p. 78

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1147 (CJ72-AM-791073), p. 78

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