Amendment 1348· GDPR Article 79(2)
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Amending instruction
14b. In Article 79, paragraph 2 is replaced
Wording it would add
with the following: 2. Proceedings against a controller, processor or manufacturer shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the controller, processor or manufacturer has an establishment. Alternatively, such proceedings may be brought before the courts of the Member State where the data subject has his or her habitual residence, unless the controller, processor or manufacturer is a public authority of a Member State acting in the exercise of its public powers.‘
GDPR Article 79 with this amendment
Amendment 1348 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Unchanged: (1)
Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77, each data subject shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy where he or she considers that his or her rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of his or her personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.
with the following: 2. Proceedings against a controller, processor or a processormanufacturer shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the controller, processor or processormanufacturer has an establishment. Alternatively, such proceedings may be brought before the courts of the Member State where the data subject has his or her habitual residence, unless the controller, processor or processormanufacturer is a public authority of a Member State acting in the exercise of its public powers.‘
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Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
Law in forceGDPR, Article 79(2)
Proceedings against a controller or a processor shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the controller or processor has an establishment. Alternatively, such proceedings may be brought before the courts of the Member State where the data subject has his or her habitual residence, unless the controller or processor is a public authority of a Member State acting in the exercise of its public powers.
No Council text amends Article 79(2).
Cite this amendment
Amendment 1348 (Markéta Gregorová), 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), p. 63
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 1348 (Markéta Gregorová), 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), p. 63
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1348 (CJ72-AM-791873), p. 63