Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1260· GDPR Article 41a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs a, b, c (new)

Addition

Tabled by
Henrik Dahl (EPP)
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1053–1260 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791073, PE791.073v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 171–172·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 41a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs a, b, c (new)
Targets
Article 41a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs a, b, c (new) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instruction

(1a) In Article 41a, paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs a, b, c are added

Wording it would add

(a)is merely transitory in nature;

(b)is unrelated to the data subject as an identified or identifiable natural person;

(c)has appropriate technical and/or organisational safeguards to prevent any use for a purpose related to the data subject as an identified or identifiable natural person.'

GDPR Article 41a with this amendment

Amendment 1260 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

1.

The Commission may adopt implementing acts to specify means and criteria to determine whether data resulting from pseudonymisation no longer constitutes personal data for certain entities.

Amended
(a)

is merely transitory in nature;

New
(b)

is unrelated to the data subject as an identified or identifiable natural person;

New
(c)

has appropriate technical and/or organisational safeguards to prevent any use for a purpose related to the data subject as an identified or identifiable natural person.'

New
Unchanged: (2), (3), (4) and (5)
2.

For the purpose of paragraph 1 the Commission shall:

(a)

assess the state of the art of available techniques;

(b)

develop criteria and or categories for controllers and recipients to assess the risk of re-identification in relation to typical recipients of data.

3.

The implementation of the means and criteria outlined in an implementing act may be used as an element to demonstrate that data cannot lead to reidentification of the data subjects.

4.

The Commission shall closely involve the EDPB in the preparations of the implementing acts. The EPDB shall issue an opinion on the draft implementing acts within a deadline of 8 weeks as of the receipt of the draft from the Commission.

5.

The Implementing Acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 93(3).

Full text on the GDPR Article 41a page

Target

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

No Council text amends Article 41a – paragraph 1 – subparagraphs a, b, c (new).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1260 (Henrik Dahl), 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), pp. 171–172

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 1260 (Henrik Dahl), 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), pp. 171–172

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1260 (CJ72-AM-791073), p. 171

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