On Thursday 16 November, the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, announced at the IAPP Europe Congress in Brussels that the European Commission should announce “next month” an adequacy decision on the transfer of data between the EU and an “international organisation”.
Although the European Commissioner did not reveal the name of the organisation in question, this procedure would be a first, as adequacy decisions have so far been concluded with other States.
Discussions are also underway with the California Privacy Protection Agency to obtain an adequacy decision for the data protection framework.
In addition, the Commission is due to publish an assessment report on the 11 adequacy decisions currently under discussion “in the coming weeks”.
The European Commissioner also expressed confidence in the progress of the adequacy decision between the EU and the United Kingdom. However, the general reforms of the data protection framework in the UK could lead the Commission to reconsider this agreement, he added.
Lastly, the former Belgian federal minister confirmed that the evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in force since 25 May 2018, would be published in spring 2024. (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)