Rina Steenkamp - Privacy and technology
Chapter VII Co-operation and consistency
Section 3 European Data Protection Board
1. The European Data Protection Board shall take decisions by a simple majority of its members, unless otherwise provided in its rules of procedure.
2. The European Data Protection Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and organise its own operational arrangements. In particular, it shall provide for the continuation of exercising duties when a member’s term of office expires or a member resigns, for the establishment of subgroups for specific issues or sectors and for its procedures in relation to the consistency mechanism referred to in Article 57.
[Source: October 2013]
Article 68 sets out the European Data Protection Board's decision making procedures, including the obligation to adopt rules of procedure which should extend also to operational arrangements.
[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]
1. The European Data Protection Board shall take decisions by a simple majority of its members.
2. The European Data Protection Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and organise its own operational arrangements. In particular, it shall provide for the continuation of exercising duties when a member’s term of office expires or a member resigns, for the establishment of subgroups for specific issues or sectors and for its procedures in relation to the consistency mechanism referred to in Article 57.
[Source: January 2012 | Context: Proposal from the European Commission]
| General Data Protection Regulation: | Directive 95/46/EC: |
|---|---|
| Article 68(1) | Article 29(3) |
| Article 68(2) | Article 29(6) |
3. The Working Party shall take decisions by a simple majority of the representatives of the supervisory authorities.
6. The Working Party shall adopt its own rules of procedure.