# Artikel 6 — UAVG — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/uavg/art-6 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Artikel 6 — Oprichting en aanwijzing als toezichthoudende autoriteit *UAVG, uavg-art-6 — https://overview.legal/laws/uavg/art-6 — original: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0040940/2021-07-01#uavg-art-6* 1. Er is een Autoriteit persoonsgegevens. De Autoriteit persoonsgegevens bezit rechtspersoonlijkheid. 2. De Autoriteit persoonsgegevens is de toezichthoudende autoriteit, bedoeld in [artikel 51, eerste lid, van de verordening](../avg/#artikel-51). 3. Onverminderd [artikel 57 van de verordening](../avg/#artikel-57), heeft de Autoriteit persoonsgegevens tot taak toe te zien op de verwerking van persoonsgegevens overeenkomstig het bij en krachtens de verordening of de wet bepaalde. 4. Ter uitvoering van een bindende EU-rechtshandeling kunnen, gehoord de Autoriteit persoonsgegevens, bij regeling van Onze Minister aan de Autoriteit persoonsgegevens taken worden opgedragen. !!! note "" [Art. 51](../avg/#artikel-51), [art. 54(1)(a)](../avg/#artikel-54) AVG ## Guidance ### Template for Cross-Regulatory Cooperation Agreements *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125669* 1 | Adopted Template for Cross-Regulatory Cooperation Agreements Adopted by the EDPB on July 7 th 2026 2 | Adopted Explanatory note Cross-regulatory cooperation between data protection supervisory authorities (DPAs) and other national and EU competent authorities has become increasingly important as legal and practical challenges emerge at the intersection of different regulatory fields. Cooperation agreements can be an important basis to organise and strengthen cooperation and dialogue between… ### Opinion 21/2026 on the draft decision of the Irish Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Flutter Group *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125670* Opinion 21/2026 on the draft decision of the Irish Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Flutter Group Adopted on 07 July 2026 1 | Adopted 2 | Adopted The European Data Protection Board Having regard to Article 63, Article 64(1)(f) and Article 47 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such… ### Opinion 20/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Fluor Group *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125671* Opinion 20/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Fluor Group Adopted on 07 July 2026 1 | Adopted 2 | Adopted The European Data Protection Board Having regard to Article 63, Article 64(1)(f) and Article 47 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such… ### Opinion 19/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Processor Binding Corporate Rules of the Rubrik Group *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125672* Opinion 19/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Processor Binding Corporate Rules of the Rubrik Group Adopted on 08 June 2026 1 | Adopted 2 | Adopted The European Data Protection Board Having regard to Article 63, Article 64(1)(f) and Article 47 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such… ### Opinion 18/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Rubrik Group *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125673* Opinion 18/2026 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Rubrik Group Adopted on 08 June 2026 1 | Adopted 2 | Adopted The European Data Protection Board Having regard to Article 63, Article 64(1)(f) and Article 47 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such… ## Related topics - **Toezichthoudende Autoriteiten** — https://overview.legal/topics/supervisory-authorities ## Wettelijk kader - **Toezicht** — https://overview.legal/topics/toezicht ## Wettelijk kader --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/uavg/art-6 · 2026-08-22