Article 23

7a. Article 23(1) is replaced by the following:

1. Union or Member State law to which the data controller or processor is subject may restrict by way of a legislative measure the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in Articles 12 to 22 and Article 34 and Chapter IXa, as well as Article 5 in so far as its provisions correspond to the rights and obligations provided for in Articles 12 to 22, when such a restriction respects the essence of the fundamental rights and freedoms and is a necessary and proportionate measure in a democratic society to safeguard: (a)national security; (b)defence; (c)public security; (d)the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or of unauthorised use of the electronic communication system, or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security: (e)other important objectives of general public interest of the Union or of a Member State, in particular an important economic or financial interest of the Union or of a Member State, including monetary, budgetary and taxation a matters, public health and social security; (f)the protection of judicial independence and judicial proceedings; (g)the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of breaches of ethics for regulated professions; (h)a monitoring, inspection or regulatory function connected, even occasionally, to the exercise of official authority in the cases referred to in points (a) to (e) and (g); (i)the protection of the data subject or the rights and freedoms of others; (j)the enforcement of civil law claims."

Justification

This change is proposed due to other amendments tabled moving e-privacy provisions under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.