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The Member States, the supervisory authorities, the Board and the Commission shall encourage, in particular at Union level, the establishment of data protection certification mechanisms and of data protection seals and marks, for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with this Regulation of processing operations by controllers and processors. The specific needs of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises shall be taken into account.
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- Guidelines 1/2018 on certification and identifying certification criteria in accordance with Articles 42 and 43 of the Regulation
- Guidelines 07/2022 on certification as a tool for transfers
- Opinion 3/2025 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority (FR SA) regarding the “Lexing GDPR certification criteria”
- Opinion 15/2025 on the draft decision of the Austrian Supervisory Authority (AT SA) regarding the certification criteria of BDO Consulting GmbH
- Opinion 16/2025 regarding the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding Trusted Site Data Privacy (TÜV IT) certification criteria
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- Opinion 34/2025 on the draft decision of the Greek Supervisory Authority regarding C.E.C.L certification criteria
- Opinion 15/2026 on the Europrivacy certification criteria regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal to be used as tool for transfers pursuant to Articles 42 and 46 GDPR
- Opinion 26/2024 on the draft decision of the DE Bremen Supervisory Authority regarding the “Catalogue of Criteria for the Certification of IT-supported processing of Personal Data pursuant to art 42 GDPR (‘GDPR – information privacy standard’)” presented
- Opinion 27/2024 on the Brand Compliance criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)
- Opinion 18/2024 on the draft decision of the Austrian Supervisory Authority regarding DSGVO-zt GmbH certification criteria
- Opinion 19/2024 on the EuroPrise criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)
- 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
- Opinion 15/2023 on the draft decision of the Dutch Supervisory Authority regarding the Brand Compliance certification criteria
- Opinion 28/2022 on the Europrivacy criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR)
- Opinion 25/2022 regarding the European Privacy Seal (EuroPriSe ) certification criteria for the certification of processing operations by processors
- Opinion 1/2022 on the draft decision of the Luxembourg Supervisory Authority regarding the GDPR – CARPA certification criteria
- Guidelines 4/2018 on the accreditation of certification bodies under Article 43 of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679)
- EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 4/2026 on the Proposal for a Cybersecurity Act 2 and the Proposal on amendments to the NIS 2 Directive
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Opinion 15/2023 Brand Compliance certification criteria Sep 19, 2023 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities
Opinion 18/2024 DSGVO-zt GmbH certification criteria Jul 18, 2024 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities
Opinion 26/2024 “Catalogue of Criteria for the Certification of IT-supported processing of Personal Data pursuant to art 42 GDPR (‘GDPR – information privacy standard’)” presented Dec 2, 2024 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities
Opinion 15/2025 certification criteria of BDO Consulting GmbH Jul 14, 2025 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities
Opinion 7/2024 EU Cloud Service Data Protection (Auditor) certification criteria Apr 19, 2024 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities
Opinion 34/2025 C.E.C.L certification criteria Dec 2, 2025 Certification Supervision Supervisory Authorities