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title: "Article 98 — Review of other Union legal acts on data protection"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 4 May 2016 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016R0679-20160504)*

The Commission shall, if appropriate, submit legislative proposals with a view to amending other Union legal acts on the protection of [personal data](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/gdpr/personal-data), in order to ensure uniform and consistent protection of natural persons with regard to [processing](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/gdpr/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.

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[Chapter XI — Final provisions](../chapters/xi.md) · [← Article 97](97.md) · [Article 99 →](99.md)