CHAPTER VIThe Commissioner

Section 2Tasks and powers

Article 57Tasks

1.

Without prejudice to other tasks set out under this Regulation, F1the Commissioner must:

(a)

monitor and enforce the application of this Regulation;

(b)

promote public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to processing. Activities addressed specifically to children shall receive specific attention;

(c)

advise F2Parliament, the government, and other institutions and bodies on legislative and administrative measures relating to the protection of natural persons' rights and freedoms with regard to processing;

(d)

promote the awareness of controllers and processors of their obligations under this Regulation;

(e)

upon request, provide information to any data subject concerning the exercise of their rights under this Regulation and, if appropriate, cooperate with F3foreign designated authorities to that end;

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F5(g)

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(h)

conduct investigations on the application of this Regulation, including on the basis of information received from F6a foreign designated authority or other public authority;

(i)

monitor relevant developments, insofar as they have an impact on the protection of personal data, in particular the development of information and communication technologies and commercial practices;

(j)

adopt standard contractual clauses referred to in Article 28(8) and F7issue standard data protection clauses referred to in point (d) of Article 46(2);

(k)

establish and maintain a list in relation to the requirement for data protection impact assessment pursuant to Article 35(4);

(l)

give advice on the processing operations referred to in Article 36(2);

(m)

encourage the drawing up of codes of conduct pursuant to Article 40(1) and provide an opinion and approve such codes of conduct F8... pursuant to Article 40(5);

(n)

encourage the establishment of data protection certification mechanisms and of data protection seals and marks pursuant to Article 42(1), and approve the criteria of certification pursuant to Article 42(5);

(o)

where applicable, carry out a periodic review of certifications issued in accordance with Article 42(7);

F9(oa)

maintain a public register of certification mechanisms and data protection seals and marks pursuant to Article 42(8) and of controllers or processors established in third countries and certified pursuant to Article 42(7);

X1(p)

draft and publish the requirements for accreditation of a body for monitoring codes of conduct pursuant to Article 41 and of a certification body pursuant to Article 43;

(q)

conduct the accreditation of a body for monitoring codes of conduct pursuant to Article 41 and of a certification body pursuant to Article 43;

(r)

authorise contractual clauses and provisions referred to in Article 46(3);

(s)

approve binding corporate rules pursuant to Article 47;

F10(sa)

provide authorisation required under regulations made under Article 47A;

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(u)

keep internal records of infringements of this Regulation and of measures taken in accordance with Article 58(2); and

(v)

fulfil any other tasks related to the protection of personal data.

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3.

The performance of F13the Commissioner's tasks is to be free of charge for the data subject and, where applicable, for the data protection officer.

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