# GDPR Article 74 — Tasks of the Chair - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-74-tasks-of-the-chair - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr) › Articles 71–80 - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **GDPR**·Article `Article 74`·low·Component: **Chapter VIII: Remedies** ## What this control requires > Assign the Chair of the European Data Protection Board to convene meetings, prepare agendas, notify decisions under Article 65 to relevant supervisory authorities, and ensure timely execution of Board tasks, particularly for the consistency mechanism in Article 63. Allocate tasks between Chair and Deputy Chairs per Board rules. This control addresses Remedies, Liability and Penalties. > > — GDPR, Article Article 74 ### In plain English Assign the Chair of the European Data Protection Board to convene meetings, prepare agendas, notify decisions under Article 65 to relevant supervisory authorities, and ensure timely execution of Board tasks, particularly for the consistency mechanism in Article 63. In practice, this means you can prove you data mechanism-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters GDPR administrative fines reach the greater of €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) coordinates supervisory-authority enforcement across the EU/EEA, and DPAs publish enforcement decisions citing specific Articles. ## What an auditor looks for A DPA or privacy auditor expects: a Records of Processing Activities (RoPA) entry, a documented lawful basis, evidence the Article's data-subject right is operationalised end-to-end, a named DPO contact (where required), and Article 30 records that match what the front-end actually does. Within **Chapter VIII: Remedies**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Article Article 74) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Data.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Tasks.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Supervisory.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Rules.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Consistency.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** mechanism, board, article, data protection board, chair. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Tasks of the Chair. ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**India DPDP Act 2023 DS-008** — Data Principal Nomination Mechanism](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/ds-008-data-principal-nomination-mechanism) - [**BSI C5:2020 AM-06** — Asset Classification and Labelling](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/am-06-asset-classification-and-labelling) - [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.13.15** — Session Authenticity](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-13-15-session-authenticity) ## Related controls in GDPR - [**Article Article 73** — Chair](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-73-chair) - [**Article Article 68** — European Data Protection Board](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-68-european-data-protection-board) - [**Article Article 72** — Procedure](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-72-procedure) - [**Article Article 80** — Representation of data subjects](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-80-representation-of-data-subjects) - [**Article Article 82** — Right to compensation and liability](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-82-right-to-compensation-and-liability) - [**Article Article 70** — Tasks of the Board](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-70-tasks-of-the-board) ## References - [European Union — GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj) - Catalogue identifier: `Article Article 74` Topics: governance riskpolicy management ## Related compliance guidance - [GDPR compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr): Start with the full GDPR implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): The security management system most EU procurement teams ask for alongside a DPA; its controls supply much of the Article 32 evidence. - [India's DPDP Act 2023: a practical compliance guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023): If engineering or support teams sit in India, the same data flows are also subject to India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act.