Amendment 922· GDPR Article 1
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Amending instructionagainst the Commission’s
-1 Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Article 1 as it would readagainst the Commission’s
"Subject-matter and objectives 1. This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data as well as the protection of terminal equipment of users and the confidentiality of information stored thereon. 2. This Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data. It further protects the right to privacy in respect to storing information on or gaining access to information stored on terminal equipment of users. 3. The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data."
Struck CommissionHighlighted amendment
GDPR Article 1 with this amendment
Amendment 922 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data as well as the protection of terminal equipment of users and the confidentiality of information stored thereon.
~AmendedThis Regulation protects fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data. It further protects the right to privacy in respect to storing information on or gaining access to information stored on terminal equipment of users.
~AmendedUnchanged: (3)
The free movement of personal data within the Union shall be neither restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
Justification
This change is proposed due to other amendments tabled moving e-privacy provisions under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
No Council text amends Article 1.
Cite this amendment
Amendment 922 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 84–85
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 922 (Marina Kaljurand and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 84–85
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 922 (CJ72-AM-791072), p. 84