Chapter 4 · Controller and Processor

Article 31Cooperation with the supervisory authority

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Controllers and processors must cooperate with their data-protection authority on request in the performance of its tasks.

Official text & source

Article 31 of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Read the full, authoritative text on EUR-Lex.

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Official text

Verbatim text of Article 31 of the General Data Protection Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

The controller and the processor and, where applicable, their representatives, shall cooperate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its tasks.

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). Official text reproduced from EUR-Lex — © European Union. Only European Union legislation published in the Official Journal is deemed authentic.

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