Chapter 7

1. The lead supervisory authority shall cooperate with the other supervisory authorities concerned in accordance with this Article in an endeavour to…

1. Supervisory authorities shall provide each other with relevant information and mutual assistance in order to implement and apply this Regulation…

1. The supervisory authorities shall, where appropriate, conduct joint operations including joint investigations and joint enforcement measures in…

In order to contribute to the consistent application of this Regulation throughout the Union, the supervisory authorities shall cooperate with each…

1. The Board shall issue an opinion where a competent supervisory authority intends to adopt any of the measures below. To that end, the competent…

1. In order to ensure the correct and consistent application of this Regulation in individual cases, the Board shall adopt a binding decision in the…

1. In exceptional circumstances, where a supervisory authority concerned considers that there is an urgent need to act in order to protect the rights…

The Commission may adopt implementing acts of general scope in order to specify the arrangements for the exchange of information by electronic means…

1. The European Data Protection Board (the ‘Board’) is hereby established as a body of the Union and shall have legal personality.

1. The Board shall act independently when performing its tasks or exercising its powers pursuant to Articles 70 and 71.

1. The Board shall ensure the consistent application of this Regulation. To that end, the Board shall, on its own initiative or, where relevant, at…

1. The Board shall draw up an annual report regarding the protection of natural persons with regard to processing in the Union and, where relevant…

1. The Board shall take decisions by a simple majority of its members, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

1. The Board shall elect a chair and two deputy chairs from amongst its members by simple majority.

1. The Chair shall have the following tasks:

1. The Board shall have a secretariat, which shall be provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

1. The discussions of the Board shall be confidential where the Board deems it necessary, as provided for in its rules of procedure.