Amendment 1265· GDPR Article 41a(2)
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Wordingagainst the Commission’s
(2) For the purpose of paragraph 1 the Commission shall:2. Implementing acts adopted under paragraph 1 may in particular:
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Justification
The amendment strengthens harmonised GDPR application by allowing the Commission, with close EDPB involvement, to adopt practical criteria, methodologies and specifications where fragmentation creates uncertainty. This includes anonymisation, pseudonymisation, risk assessment, codes of conduct, certification, technical measures and sectoral use cases. Such acts do not create automatic exemptions, but give controllers and processors reliable tools to demonstrate compliance, reduce over-compliance and support data-driven innovation while preserving safeguards.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
No Council text amends Article 41a(2).
Cite this amendment
Amendment 1265 (Axel Voss), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 5–6
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 1265 (Axel Voss), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 5–6
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1265 (CJ72-AM-791873), p. 5