Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor about Council Decision re administrative cooperation with Norway

• European Commission issued Proposals for Council Decisions on the amendment of the Agreement between the EU and Norway on administrative cooperation in VAT
• Aim of the Proposals is to enhance administrative cooperation in VAT between EU and Norway
• EDPS welcomes the update of data protection law reference to GDPR
• EDPS recommends clear distinction between national law and data protection law confidentiality rules
• Agreement allows states to restrict certain GDPR provisions, EDPS recommends clear indication of public interests and conditions for restriction

Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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