Article 97 - Commission reports

1. By 25 May 2020 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report on the evaluation and
review of this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council. The reports shall be made public.
2. In the context of the evaluations and reviews referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall examine, in
particular, the application and functioning of:
(a)  Chapter V on the transfer of personal data to third countries or international organisations with particular regard to
decisions adopted pursuant to Article 45(3) of this Regulation and decisions adopted on the basis of Article 25(6) of
Directive 95/46/EC;
(b)  Chapter VII on cooperation and consistency.
3. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the Commission may request information from Member States and supervisory
authorities.
4. In carrying out the evaluations and reviews referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission shall take into
account the positions and findings of the European Parliament, of the Council, and of other relevant bodies or sources.
5. The Commission shall, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals to amend this Regulation, in particular taking
into account of developments in information technology and in the light of the state of progress in the information
society.

Article 97 - Commission reports


Article 98 - Review of other Union legal acts on data protection

The Commission shall, if appropriate, submit legislative proposals with a view to amending other Union legal acts on
the protection of personal data, in order to ensure uniform and consistent protection of natural persons with regard to
processing. This shall in particular concern the rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to
processing by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.


Article 99 - Entry into force and application

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.
2. It shall apply from 25 May 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2016.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
J.A. HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT