Digital Omnibus proposal· Recital 46a
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Recital 46a Digital Omnibus proposal as printed in the Council text of 21 May 2026
Source Council, 21 May 2026. Recital 46a: ST 9547/26, page 21 · exact text page
Standardisation should play a key role to ensure that technical solutions are available for data subjects to easily set their consent preferences and enable them to make granular and informed decisions. In particular, the standards should enable data subjects to consent, refuse consent and exercise the right to object for direct marketing purposes. The standards should ensure that the conditions for consent under Regulation (EU)2016/679 are fulfilled and enable consent for different purposes. The standards should be prepared in a way that takes into account the operation of businesses in a digital environment and that ensures information is promoted in the digital economy and supports access to content and services on the open web. The standards should ensure that consumer law and competition law requirements are appropriately observed, preventing in particular self-preferencing practices in the provision of the technical solutions that enable setting consent choices.
How the recitals changed
Each text against the text before it
| Recital | Commission19 Nov 2025Rec 46 | Council21 May 2026Rec 46–46a | Council10 Jun 2026 | Council18 Jun 2026 | Council3 Sep 2026 | Council2 Oct 2026Rec 46 | Council22 Oct 2026Rec 46 |
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| Compared with | law in force | the proposal | 21 May text | 10 Jun text | 18 Jun text | 3 Sep text | 2 Oct text |
| Recital 46 | 46 Added | 46 Unchanged | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text | 46 Dropped | 46 Dropped |
| Recital 46a | In neither text | 46a Added | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text | In neither text |
Each text against the text before it: +Added in this text, not in the text before−Dropped drops a provision the text before added=Unchanged same as the text before— in neither text
Parliament amendments propose other recitals under these numbers: Recital 46a (new), Recital 46b (new), Recital 46c (new) and Recital 46d (new).