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CELEX 32018R1725 · Read on 2026-08-18

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1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by all Union institutions and bodies.

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1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by all Union institutions and bodies.

2. Only Article 3 and Chapter IX of this Regulation shall apply to the processing of operational personal data by Union bodies, offices and agencies when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of Chapter 4 or Chapter 5 of Title V of Part Three TFEU.

3. This Regulation shall not apply to the processing of operational personal data by Europol and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, until Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council (15) and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 (16) are adapted in accordance with Article 98 of this Regulation.

4. This Regulation shall not apply to the processing of personal data by missions referred to in Articles 42(1), 43 and 44 TEU.

5. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system.

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