Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 1354· GDPR Article 82(6a) (new)

Addition

Tabled by
Markéta Gregorová (Greens/EFA)Markéta Gregorová on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791873, PE791.873v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, p. 68·printed header: Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 d (new) / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 82 – paragraph 6a (new)
Targets
Article 82(6a) (new) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Amending instruction

14d. 14c. In Article 82, the following paragraph 6a is added

Paragraph 6a it would add

6a.Where damage is caused wholly or partly by an act or omission of a manufacturer, the manufacturer shall be liable to the data subject in addition to the controller or processor.’

GDPR Article 82 with this amendment

Amendment 1354 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

Unchanged: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)
1.

Any person who has suffered material or non-material damage as a result of an infringement of this Regulation shall have the right to receive compensation from the controller or processor for the damage suffered.

2.

Any controller involved in processing shall be liable for the damage caused by processing which infringes this Regulation. A processor shall be liable for the damage caused by processing only where it has not complied with obligations of this Regulation specifically directed to processors or where it has acted outside or contrary to lawful instructions of the controller.

3.

A controller or processor shall be exempt from liability under paragraph 2 if it proves that it is not in any way responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

4.

Where more than one controller or processor, or both a controller and a processor, are involved in the same processing and where they are, under paragraphs 2 and 3, responsible for any damage caused by processing, each controller or processor shall be held liable for the entire damage in order to ensure effective compensation of the data subject.

5.

Where a controller or processor has, in accordance with paragraph 4, paid full compensation for the damage suffered, that controller or processor shall be entitled to claim back from the other controllers or processors involved in the same processing that part of the compensation corresponding to their part of responsibility for the damage, in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 2.

6.

Court proceedings for exercising the right to receive compensation shall be brought before the courts competent under the law of the Member State referred to in Article 79(2).

6a.

Where damage is caused wholly or partly by an act or omission of a manufacturer, the manufacturer shall be liable to the data subject in addition to the controller or processor.’

New

Full text on the GDPR Article 82 page

Target

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

No Council text amends Article 82(6a) (new).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 1354 (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. 68

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 1354 (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. 68

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 1354 (CJ72-AM-791873), p. 68

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