# Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards 46(a) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (46(a)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-46#par-3-pnt-a
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Part of **Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-46).

## Provision text

### 46(a)

contractual clauses between the controller or processor and the controller, processor or the recipient of the personal data in the third country or international organisation; or


## Topics on this provision

- **Recipient** — https://overview.legal/topics/recipient
  A person or body to which personal data are disclosed (Art 4(9) GDPR).
- **Processors** — https://overview.legal/topics/processors
  Entities that process data on behalf of controllers
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons
- **Controllers** — https://overview.legal/topics/controllers
  Entities that determine purposes and means of processing

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Opinion 22/2024 on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125715
- **Information Note on the Data Privacy Framework redress mechanism for national security purposes** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125754
- **EDPB Work Programme 2023-2024** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125868
- **Information Note on the Data Privacy Framework redress mechanism for national security purposes** §5 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/125754

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