discharge of its various tasks. The rules shall provide guarantees against the mixing of the
supervisory, advisory and enforcement tasks of the Commission. They may also give more
detailed provisions for the advisory board referred to in Article 53(4).
4. The rules and any modifications thereto shall be sent to Our Minister as quickly as possible
and require his or her approval.
Article 57
1. The Commission is represented by the chairperson and the two other members or by one of
these persons.
2. The members shall allocate responsibilities among them and involve the special members
therein as much as possible.
Article 58
The Commission shall produce an annual report before September on the activities, policy
pursued in general and the effectiveness and efficiency of its mode of operation in particular
during the preceding calendar year. The report shall be sent to Our Minister and to the data
protection officers referred to in Article 62 and made available to the general public.
Article 59
1. The Commission shall provide to Our Minister, upon request, the information necessary to the
performance of his or her duties. Our Minister may require business data and records for
inspection, where this is necessary to the performance of his or her duties.
2. The provisions of (1) do not apply where the Commission has obtained the information from
third parties on condition that it is kept confidential.
Article 60
1. The Commission, acting in an official capacity or at the request of an interested party, may
initiate an investigation into the manner in which the provisions laid down by or under the Act
are being applied with respect to the processing of data.
2. The Commission shall present its provisional findings to the responsible party or the group of
responsible parties concerned, and allow them to give their views. The Commission shall present
these findings also to Our Minister concerned, where they relate to the implementation of any
law.
3. In the case of an investigation initiated at the request of an interested party, the Commission
shall inform the said party of its findings, unless providing such information would be
incompatible with the purpose of the data processing or the nature of the personal data, or
unless important interests of parties other than the requester, including the responsible party,
would sustain disproportionate harm as a consequence. In the event that the Commission does
not inform the interested party of its findings, it shall send the said party such information as it
deems appropriate.
Article 61