# Article 40 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

- Type: News
- Source: GDPRhub
- Date: 2026-01-05
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52006
- Topics: Codes of Conduct, Prior Consultation, Supervision, International Transfer, Profiling, Pseudonymization

## Summary

(1) Promotion of codes of conduct and supervisory authorities: * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and supervisory authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', June 4, 2019 (version 2.0) (available here), and * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and supervisory authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', June 4, 2019 (version 2.0) (available at [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_201901_v2.0_codesofconduct_en.pdf here]), and * E

## Full text

(1) Encouraging codes of conduct: Guidelines from the EDPB: * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and data protection authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', 4 June 2019 (version 2.0) (available here), and * EDPB, 'Guidelines 1/2019 on codes of conduct and data protection authorities pursuant to Regulation 2016/679', 4 June 2019 (version 2.0) (available [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_201901_v2.0_codesofconduct_en.pdf here]), and * EDPB, 'Guidelines 04/2021 on codes of conduct as mechanisms for data sharing', 22 February 2022 (version 2.0), (available [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2022-03/edpb_guidelines_codes_conduct_transfers_after_public_consultation_en_1.pdf here]). * EDPB, 'Guidelines 04/2021 on codes of conduct as mechanisms for data sharing', 22 February 2022 (version 2.0), (available [https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2022-03/edpb_guidelines_codes_conduct_transfers_after_public_consultation_en_1.pdf here]). --- *This content has been automatically translated using machine translation. The original version is available in the source language.* --- *This content was automatically translated using machine translation. The original version is available in the source language.*

## Cited law provisions (1)

### GDPR — gdpr-art-40-en

Codes of conduct

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