Amendment 255· GDPR Article 34(1a) (new)
+Addition
Text of the amendment
As tabled
Amending instruction
8a. In Article 34, paragraph 1a is added:
Wording it would add
The European Data Protection Board shall draw up a common, comprehensive list of the circumstances in which a breach is deemed to be high risk.
GDPR Article 34 with this amendment
Amendment 255 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Unchanged: (1)
When the personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller shall communicate the personal data breach to the data subject without undue delay.
The European Data Protection Board shall draw up a common, comprehensive list of the circumstances in which a breach is deemed to be high risk.
+NewUnchanged: (2), (3) and (4)
The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall describe in clear and plain language the nature of the personal data breach and contain at least the information and measures referred to in points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 33(3).
The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required if any of the following conditions are met:
the controller has implemented appropriate technical and organisational protection measures, and those measures were applied to the personal data affected by the personal data breach, in particular those that render the personal data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it, such as encryption;
the controller has taken subsequent measures which ensure that the high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects referred to in paragraph 1 is no longer likely to materialise;
it would involve disproportionate effort. In such a case, there shall instead be a public communication or similar measure whereby the data subjects are informed in an equally effective manner.
If the controller has not already communicated the personal data breach to the data subject, the supervisory authority, having considered the likelihood of the personal data breach resulting in a high risk, may require it to do so or may decide that any of the conditions referred to in paragraph 3 are met.
Justification
If simplification is to be effective, legal certainty is a must.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
No Council text amends Article 34(1a) (new).
Cite this amendment
Amendment 255 (Mario Mantovani), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-AM-790236, PE790.236v01-00, 29 June 2026), pp. 147–148
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 255 (Mario Mantovani), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-AM-790236, PE790.236v01-00, 29 June 2026), pp. 147–148
JURI Amendment 255 (JURI-AM-790236), p. 147