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EU to make GDPR procedures unworkable

noyb - European Center for Digital Rights

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National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity The EU’s trilogue negotiations for a Procedural Regulation that should harmonise and accelerate enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will probably have the last meeting this Wednesday (21 May). However, the proposal risks undermining the GDPR's enforcement by introducing excessively long deadlines and overly complex procedures. Despite having a Green Party lead negotiator for the European Parliament, the proposal also structurally discriminates user and gives preferential treatment to Big Tech, while consistently giving up the Parliament's positions. The proposed Regulation not only threatens to paralyse enforcement but may also constitute a violation of core elements of the Right to a Fair Procedure and Good Administration. Consequently, noyb is reviewing the options to bringing an annulment procedure if the Regulation passes in its current form. Comparison of Commission proposal and Parliament and Council a