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# Article 3

**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)*

The Commission shall evaluate the practical application of the standard contractual clauses set out in the Annex on the basis of all available information, as part of the periodic evaluation required by Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
