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European Union: Regulation laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of GDPR enters into force with grace period

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Regulation laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of GDPR enters into force with grace period

On 1 January 2026, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 enters into force with a grace period on its application until 2 April 20…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2023-02-24
in consultation

On 24 February 2023, the European Commission (EC) opened a public consultation on its initiative fo…

2023-03-24
processing consultation

On 24 March 2023, the public consultation closed on the European Commission(EC) initiative for a Pr…

2023-07-04
under deliberation

On 4 July 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a new regulation outlining concret…

2023-07-07
in consultation

On 7 July 2023, the European Commission opened a consultation on the EU Regulation laying down addi…

2023-09-01
processing consultation

On 1 September 2023, the European Commission closed its consultation on the EU Regulation laying do…

2023-09-21
adopted

On 21 September 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Su…

2024-04-10
under deliberation

On 10 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted its position on the proposal for a Regulation la…

2024-06-13
under deliberation

On 13 June 2024, the Council of the European Union agreed on a common position to enhance the enfor…

2024-10-07
under deliberation

On 7 October 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a statement on the draft regula…

2025-06-16
under deliberation

On 16 June 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached an agreement…

2025-10-21
under deliberation

On 21 October 2025, the European Parliament passed the regulation laying down additional procedural…

2025-11-17
adopted

On 17 November 2025, the Council of the European Union approved the European Parliament’s first-rea…

2026-01-01
in grace period

On 1 January 2026, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additio…

2027-04-02
in force

On 2 April 2027, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down additiona…