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Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Article 80 – Representation of data subjects

Only Parliament amendments would change this article. Parliament committees have tabled 2 amendments to this article.

Latest text22 October 2026ST 14756/26

Contains no amendment to this article.

What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 No amendment to this article.
  2. 21 May 2026 Council textST 9547/26 No amendment to this article.ST 9547/26 reproduces only some of the proposal’s changes, so this comparison applies only those it shows or visibly drops. It says nothing about the others.
  3. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 No amendment to this article.
  4. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 No amendment to this article.
  5. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 1261–1564 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791873 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  6. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 1565–1740 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791874 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  7. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 No amendment to this article.
  8. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 No amendment to this article.Page 126 prints “(9a)” without an instruction or target, so no change can be assigned to that marker.
  9. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 No amendment to this article.

Parliament amendments

2 amendments to this article

2 propose alternative wording.

By political group; co-sponsored amendments count for each group
TypeEPP
~ Alternative2

By political group

  • ~ Alternative EPP 2

Article 80 as a whole1 amendment

  1. 1603 Alternative Andrea Wechsler +8EPP · ITRE–LIBE “Article 3 a (new) Article 80 is deleted. ""”

    Article 80 Representation of data subjects 1. The data subject shall have the right to mandate a not-for-profit body, organisation or association which has been properly constituted in accordance with the law of a Member State, has statutory objectives which are in the public interest, and is active in the field of the protection of data subjects' rights and freedoms with regard to the protection of their personal data to lodge the complaint on his or her behalf, to exercise the rights referred to in Articles 77, 78 and 79 on his or her behalf, and to exercise the right to receive compensation referred to in Article 82 on his or her behalf where provided for by Member State law.Article 3 a (new) Article 80 is deleted. ""

    Tabled by
    Andrea Wechsler, Marie-Sophie Lanig, Stefan Köhler, Alexandra Mehnert, Monika Hohlmeier, Angelika Niebler, Verena Mertens, Christian Doleschal, Sabine Verheyen
    Group
    EPP
    Targets
    GDPR Article 80
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 1565–1740 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 3 a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 80

Paragraph (1)1 amendment

  1. 1353 Alternative Axel VossEPP · ITRE–LIBE “with the exception of the right to claim compensation and liability under Article 82”

    14d. In Article 80, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

    "Article 80 Representation of data subjects 1. The data subject shall have the right to mandate a not-for-profit body, organisation or association which has been properly constituted in accordance with the law of a Member State, has statutory objectives which are in the public interest, and is active in the field of the protection of data subjects' rights and freedoms with regard to the protection of their personal data to lodge the complaint on his or her behalf, to exercise the rights referred to in Articles 77, and 78 and the right referred to in Article 79 on his or her behalf, and to exercise the right to receive compensation referred to in Article 82 on his or her behalf where provided for by Member State law, with the exception of the right to claim compensation and liability under Article 82. 2. Member States may provide that any body, organisation or association referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, independently of a data subject’s mandate, has the right to lodge, in that Member State, a complaint with the supervisory authority which is competent pursuant to Article 77 and to exercise the rightsright referred to in ArticlesArticle 78 and 79, with the exception of the right to claim compensation and liability under Article 82, if it considers that the rights of a data subject under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing."

    Justification

    The amendment preserves representative complaints and judicial remedies while clarifying that compensation under Article 82 remains a personal claim requiring proven damage. Non-material damage should be compensable where the infringement causes a significant impairment, ensuring effective redress without turning minor or purely formal infringements into mass claims. This protects data subjects’ individual rights, legal certainty for controllers and processors, and a proportionate balance between enforcement and liability.

    Tabled by
    Axel Voss
    Group
    EPP
    Targets
    GDPR Article 80 – paragraphs 1 and 2
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 1261–1564 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 d (new) / Regulation (EU) 2016/679 / Article 80 – paragraphs 1 and 2