3.2 Data protection authorities to ensure that the new independent European Data Protection Board is fully operational

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Stronger protection, new opportunities - Commission guidance on the direct application of the General Data Protection Regulation as of 25 May 2018 · European Union

It is essential that the new body established by the Regulation, the European Data Protection Board 43 , the successor of the Article 29 Working Party, is fully operational as of 25 May 2018. The European Data Protection Supervisor, which is the data protection authority responsible for supervising EU institutions and bodies, will provide the secretariat of the European Data Protection Board to enhance synergies and effectiveness. In the past months, the European Data Protection Supervisor has started the necessary preparation to this effect. The European Data Protection Board will be at the centre of data protection in Europe. It will contribute to a consistent application of data protection law and provide a strong basis for cooperation among data protection authorities, including the European Data Protection Supervisor. The European Data Protection Board will not only issue guidelines on how to interpret core concepts of the Regulation but will also be called on to issue binding decisions on disputes regarding cross-border processing. This will ensure the uniform application of EU rules and prevent the same case being dealt with differently in different Member States. The smooth and efficient functioning of the European Data Protection Board is therefore a condition for the system as a whole to function well. More than ever before, the European Data Protection Board will have to create a common data protection culture among all the national data protection authorities to ensure that the rules of the Regulation are interpreted consistently. The Regulation fosters the cooperation between the data protection authorities by giving them the tools to cooperate effectively and efficiently: they will notably be able to do joint operations, adopt decision in agreement and resolve divergences they might have concerning the interpretation of the Regulation within the Board by means of opinions and biding decisions. The Commission encourages the data protection authorities to embrace these changes and adjust their functioning, financing and work culture to be able to meet the new rights and obligations.

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