Regulation (EU) 2016/679 enables the supervisory authority to request an urgent binding decision from the Board where a competent supervisory authority has not taken an appropriate measure in a situation where there is an urgent need to act in order to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects. Under this Regulation, where, following the use of the means set out in this Regulation, the supervisory authorities fail to reach consensus on the scope of a complaint-based investigation, the conditions referred to in Article 66(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 to request an urgent binding decision should be presumed to be met and the lead supervisory authority should request an urgent binding decision of the Board. The urgent binding decision of the Board on the scope of a complaint-based investigation cannot pre-empt the outcome of the investigation of the lead supervisory authority or the effectiveness of the right to be heard of the parties under investigation.
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