Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation on establishing the technical specifications and other requirements for the decentralised IT system, referred to in Regulation (EU) 2...

EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on establishing the technical specifications and other requirements for the decentralised IT system, referred to in Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (‘EUDPR’)1, and in particular Article 42(1) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING FORMAL COMMENTS: 1. Introduction and background 1. On 27 May 2025, the European Commission consulted the EDPS on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on establishing the technical specifications and other requirements for the decentralised IT system, referred to in Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘the draft Implementing Regulation’) and its Annex. 2. The objective of the draft Implementing Regulation and its Annex is to set out the technical specifications and requirements, measures and objectives of the decentralised IT system2 referred to in Article 25 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/15433 (‘the E-evidence...