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# Article 1

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 · binding on its addressees · dated 4 Jun 2021 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914, OJ L 199, 7.6.2021 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj/eng)*

1. <a id="art-1-p-1"></a>The standard contractual clauses set out in the Annex are considered to provide appropriate safeguards within the meaning of Article 46(1) and (2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for the transfer by a controller or processor of personal data processed subject to that Regulation (data exporter) to a controller or (sub-)processor whose processing of the data is not subject to that Regulation (data importer).

2. <a id="art-1-p-2"></a>The standard contractual clauses also set out the rights and obligations of controllers and processors with respect to the matters referred to in Article 28(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, as regards the transfer of personal data from a controller to a processor, or from a processor to a sub-processor.
