Chapter II General rules on the lawfulness of the processing of personal data

Section IX Notification

Article 18 Obligation to notify the supervisory authority

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2. Member States may provide for the simplification of or exemption from notification only in the following cases and under the following conditions:

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• - where the controller, in compliance with the national law which governs him, appoints a personal data protection official, responsible in particular:
• - for ensuring in an independent manner the internal application of the national provisions taken pursuant to this Directive
• - for keeping the register of processing operations carried out by the controller, containing the items of information referred to in Article 21 (2),

thereby ensuring that the rights and freedoms of the data subjects are unlikely to be adversely affected by the processing operations.

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Chapter II General rules on the lawfulness of the processing of personal data

Section IX Notification

Article 20 Prior checking

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2. Such prior checks shall be carried out by the supervisory authority following receipt of a notification from the controller or by the data protection official, who, in cases of doubt, must consult the supervisory authority.

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