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The EDPS shall have the following duties: hearing and investigating complaints, and informing the data subject of the outcome within a reasonable period; conducting inquiries either on his or her own initiative or on the basis of a complaint, and informing the data subject of the outcome within a reasonable period; monitoring and ensuring the application of this Regulation and any other Union act relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by Europol; advising Europol, either on his or her own initiative or in response to a consultation, on all matters concerning the processing of personal data, in particular before it draws up internal rules relating to the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms with regard to the processing of personal data; keeping a register of new types of processing operations notified to him or her by virtue of Article 39(1) and registered in accordance with Article 39(4); carrying out a prior consultation on processing notified to him or her.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.