On April 14, the Commission announced the EU Parliament's adoption of the final text of the new General Data Protection Regulation. Together with the Council's vote on April 8, this concluded the legislative procedure and formalized the political agreement reached on December 15, 2015. The Regulation is expected to be published in the Official Journal in June 2016.

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