Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1350· GDPR Article 84(1)

Alternative

Tabled by
Marina Kaljurand and 8 others (S&D)Marina Kaljurand, Elena Sancho Murillo, Brando Benifei, Birgit Sippel, Alex Agius Saliba, Francisco Assis, Elisabeth Grossmann, Kristian Vigenin, Matjaž Nemec
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 64–65·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 b (new) / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 84 – paragraph 1
Targets
Article 84(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instructionagainst the Commission’s

14b. Article 84(1) is replaced by the following:

Article 84(1) as it would readagainst the Commission’s

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on other penalties, including criminal sanctions where appropriate, applicable to infringements of this Regulation in particular for infringements which are not subject to administrative fines pursuant to Article 83, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive."

Struck CommissionHighlighted amendment

GDPR Article 84 with this amendment

Amendment 1350 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

1.

Member States shall lay down the rules on other penalties, including criminal sanctions where appropriate, applicable to infringements of this Regulation in particular for infringements which are not subject to administrative fines pursuant to Article 83, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive."

Amended
Unchanged: (2)
2.

Each Member State shall notify to the Commission the provisions of its law which it adopts pursuant to paragraph 1, by 25 May 2018 and, without delay, any subsequent amendment affecting them.

Full text on the GDPR Article 84 page

Target

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

Law in forceGDPR, Article 84(1)

Member States shall lay down the rules on other penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation in particular for infringements which are not subject to administrative fines pursuant to Article 83, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

No Council text amends Article 84(1).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1350 (Marina Kaljurand and others), 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. 64–65

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 1350 (Marina Kaljurand and others), 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. 64–65

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1350 (CJ72-AM-791873), p. 64

Entry in the source list