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Formal Comments

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We issue formal comments as part of our role as advisor on all matters relating to the procesing of personal data.

Similar to our Opinions, our Formal Comments are issued in response to a request from the European Commission under Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and address the data protection implications of a legislative proposal or a draft implementing or delegated act. Our Formal comments are usually shorter and more technical, or only address certain aspects of a proposal.

 

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24
Apr
2026

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Implementing Regulation on responsibilities and relationships between Member States as joint controllers, for processing personal data in EU visa application platform

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Implementing Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, as regards specifying the responsibilities and the relationships between Member States as joint controllers, as well as the relationship between the joint controllers and the processor, and the responsibilities of the processor, for the processing of personal data in the EU visa application platform.

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24
Apr
2026

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation, as regards the conditions for the operation of the web service and the data protection and security rules applicable to the web service

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, as regards the conditions for the operation of the web service and the data protection and security rules applicable to the web service.

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24
Apr
2026

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Decision on model contingency plans

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Decision laying down detailed
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, as regards model contingency plans regarding fall-back
procedures for the cases of technical impossibility to access data at the external
borders.

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24
Apr
2026

EDPS Formal comments concerning the format of supporting documents, travel medical insurance and copy of travel document in electronic format

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Decision laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the technical requirements concerning the format of supporting documents, travel medical insurance and copy of travel document in electronic format.

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23
Apr
2026

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Implementing Decision, as regards the technical specifications and functionalities of the chatbot hosted by the EU visa application platform

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Implementing Decision laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, as regards the technical specifications and functionalities of the chatbot hosted by the EU visa application platform.

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