# Opinion of the Board 64(c) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (64(c)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-64#par-1-pnt-c
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Part of **Opinion of the Board** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-64).

## Provision text

### 64(c)

aims to approve the criteria for accreditation of a body pursuant to Article 41(3) or a certification body pursuant to Article 43(3);


## Topics on this provision

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

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Opinion 1/2022 on the draft decision of the Luxembourg Supervisory Authority regarding the GDPR – CARPA certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125965
- **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 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
- **Opinion 15/2023 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Brand Compliance certification criteria** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125831
- **EDPB Annual Report 2022** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125861
- **Opinion 25/2022 regarding the European Privacy Seal (EuroPriSe ) certification criteria for the certification of processing operations by processors** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125895
- **EDPB Annual Report 2021** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125941
- **Guidelines 4/2018 on the accreditation of certification bodies under Article 43 of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126260
- **Guidelines 1/2018 on certification and identifying certification criteria in accordance with Articles 42 and 43 of the Regulation** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38048
- **Opinion 13/2026 on the draft decision of the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (FI SA) regarding the approval of the requirement for accreditation of a certification body pursuant to Article 43(3) GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/125674
- **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

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