Rina Steenkamp - Privacy and technology

My annotated General Data Protection Regulation

Chapter IV Controller and processor

Section 1 General obligations

Article 29 Co-operation with the supervisory authority

October 2013

Article 29(1)

1. The controller and, if any, the processor and, if any, the representative of the controller, shall co-operate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its duties, in particular by providing the information referred to in point (a) of Article 53(2) and by granting access as provided in point (b) of that paragraph.

Article 29(2)

2. In response to the supervisory authority's exercise of its powers under Article 53(2), the controller and the processor shall reply to the supervisory authority within a reasonable period to be specified by the supervisory authority. The reply shall include a description of the measures taken and the results achieved, in response to the remarks of the supervisory authority.

[Source: October 2013]

January 2012

Explanatory memorandum

3.4. Detailed explanation of the proposal

Article 29 clarifies the obligations of the controller and the processor for the co-operation with the supervisory authority.

[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]

Article 29(1) [Amended: October 2013]

1. The controller and the processor and, if any, the representative of the controller, shall co-operate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its duties, in particular by providing the information referred to in point (a) of Article 53(2) and by granting access as provided in point (b) of that paragraph.

Article 29(2)

2. In response to the supervisory authority's exercise of its powers under Article 53(2), the controller and the processor shall reply to the supervisory authority within a reasonable period to be specified by the supervisory authority. The reply shall include a description of the measures taken and the results achieved, in response to the remarks of the supervisory authority.

[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]