Amendment 396· Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 41
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(41) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council¹⁶ applies to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council¹⁷ applies to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties. Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Directive (EU) 2016/680 should be brough into alignment with the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 introduced by this Regulation. Any alignment brought to Directive (EU) 2016/680 by the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall not override the legitimate national and public security interests of Member States, as well as the legitimate internal security interests of the Union.
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Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁶ applies to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁷ applies to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties. Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Directive (EU) 2016/680 should be brough into alignment with the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 introduced by this Regulation.
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council¹⁶ applies to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 should be brough into alignment with the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 introduced by this Regulation.
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Amendment 396 (Lena Düpont and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 251–400 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-790967, PE790.967v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 165–166
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Amendment 396 (Lena Düpont and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 251–400 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-790967, PE790.967v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 165–166
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 396 (CJ72-AM-790967), p. 165