# Certification 42(8) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (42(8)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-42#par-8
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Part of **Certification** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-42).

## Provision text

### 42(8)

The Board shall collate all certification mechanisms and data protection seals and marks in a register and shall make them publicly available by any appropriate means.


## Topics on this provision

- **Certification** — https://overview.legal/topics/certification
  Data protection certification mechanisms

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Opinion 27/2024 on the Brand Compliance criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125702
- **Opinion 19/2024 on the EuroPrise criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125722
- **Guidelines 07/2022 on certification as a tool for transfers** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38131
- **Opinion 3/2025 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority (FR SA) regarding the “Lexing GDPR certification criteria”** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/50756
- **Opinion 26/2024 on the draft decision of the DE Bremen Supervisory Authority regarding the “Catalogue of Criteria for the Certification of IT-supported processing of Personal Data pursuant to art 42 GDPR (‘GDPR – information privacy standard’)” presented** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125701
- **Opinion 18/2024 on the draft decision of the Austrian Supervisory Authority regarding DSGVO-zt GmbH certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125721
- **Opinion 14/2026 on the Europrivacy certification criteria regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125682
- **Opinion 15/2026 on the Europrivacy certification criteria regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal to be used as tool for transfers pursuant to Articles 42 and 46 GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125681
- **Opinion 34/2025 on the draft decision of the Greek Supervisory Authority regarding C.E.C.L certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51416
- **Opinion 15/2025 on the draft decision of the Austrian Supervisory Authority (AT SA) regarding the certification criteria of BDO Consulting GmbH** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51079
- **Opinion 16/2025 regarding the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding Trusted Site Data Privacy (TÜV IT) certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51080
- **Opinion 7/2024 on the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding the EU Cloud Service Data Protection (Auditor) certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125759

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