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Version date: 12 December 2019 - onwards
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Article 58 Powers

1. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall have the following investigative powers:

(a) to order the controller and the processor to provide any information it requires for the performance of his or her tasks;

(b) to carry out investigations in the form of data protection audits;

(c) to notify the controller or the processor of an alleged infringement of this Regulation;

(d) to obtain, from the controller and the processor, access to all personal data and to all information necessary for the performance of his or her tasks;

(e) to obtain access to any premises of the controller and the processor, including to any data processing equipment and means, in accordance with Union law.

2. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall have the following corrective powers:

(a) to issue warnings to a controller or processor that intended processing operations are likely to infringe provisions of this Regulation;