# Codes of conduct 40(9) — GDPR — provision context

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Part of **Codes of conduct** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-40).

## Provision text

### 40(9)

The Commission may, by way of implementing acts, decide that the approved code of conduct, amendment or extension submitted to it pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Article have general validity within the Union. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure set out in Article 93(2).


## Topics on this provision

- **Codes of Conduct** — https://overview.legal/topics/codes-of-conduct
  Industry codes of conduct for data protection

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Guidelines 1/2019 on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Bodies under Regulation 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38051
- **Contribution of the EDPB to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126182

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