GDPR – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 99 – Entry into force and application
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Article 99Entry 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.
Closing formula and signatures
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
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
J.A. HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT
The President
J.A. HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT
https://gdpr.digiphile.law/article/article-99.html
Text as at 19 September 2026.
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