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title: "GDPR Article 84: Penalties"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/article-84"
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# GDPR Article 84: Penalties

_CHAPTER VIII_

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on other penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation in particular for infringements which are not subject to administrative fines pursuant to Article 83, and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Such penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2. Each Member State shall notify to the Commission the provisions of its law which it adopts pursuant to paragraph 1, by 25 May 2018 and, without delay, any subsequent amendment affecting them.

## Relevant recitals

- [Recital 149](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-149): Penalties for Infringements of National Rules
- [Recital 150](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-150): Administrative Fines
- [Recital 151](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-151): Administrative Fines in Denmark and Estonia
- [Recital 152](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-152): Power of Sanction of the Member States

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal consolidated HTML (CELEX 32016R0679). Recital short titles are editorial labels from gdpr-info.eu editorial short titles (not official). Cross-checked against gdpr-info.eu (independent reproduction).