Amendment 249· Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 29
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(29) It should be reiterated that further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes should be considered to be compatible lawful processing operations. In such cases it is not necessary to ascertain on the basis of Article 6(4) of this Regulation whether the purpose of the further processing is compatible with the purpose for which the personal data are initially collected. When processing is deemed to be undertaken for a compatible purpose by law, it does not preclude other legal requirements of this Regulation, such as the need to process data lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner.
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Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
It should be reiterated that further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes should be considered to be compatible lawful processing operations. In such cases it is not necessary to ascertain on the basis of Article 6(4) of this Regulation whether the purpose of the further processing is compatible with the purpose for which the personal data are initially collected.
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
It should be reiterated that further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes should be considered to be compatible processing operations. In such cases it should not be necessary to ascertain on the basis of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 whether the purpose of the further processing is compatible with the purpose for which the personal data are initially collected. Such further processing should be considered compatible, and should be carried out in compliance with the principles and appropriate safeguards laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular Article 89.
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Amendment 249 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 79–250 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-786820, PE786.820v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 168–169
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Amendment 249 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 79–250 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-786820, PE786.820v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 168–169
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 249 (CJ72-AM-786820), p. 168