# Aanwijzing van de functionaris voor gegevensbescherming 37(3) — AVG — provision context

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Part of **Aanwijzing van de functionaris voor gegevensbescherming** (AVG, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/avg/art-37).

## Provision text

### 37(3)

Wanneer de verwerkingsverantwoordelijke of de verwerker een overheidsinstantie of overheidsorgaan is, kan één functionaris voor gegevensbescherming worden aangewezen voor verschillende dergelijke instanties of organen, met inachtneming van hun organisatiestructuur en omvang.


## Topics on this provision

- **Public Authority** — https://overview.legal/topics/overheid
  Government bodies and their data processing activities
- **Public Sector** — https://overview.legal/topics/public-sector
  Processing by public authorities
- **Data Controller** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerkingsverantwoordelijke
  The entity that determines purposes and means of processing personal data
- **Data Processor** — https://overview.legal/topics/verwerker
  The entity that processes personal data on behalf of the controller
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53739
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the European Commission’s evaluation of the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (‘‘LED’’) under Article 62 LED** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53750

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