1. Responsibility for the supervision of compliance referred to in Article 51(1) lies with the
members and special members of the Commission, the officials of the Commission secretariat
and the persons designated by decision of the Commission.
2. The persons referred to under (1) are authorised to enter a residence without the consent of the
resident.
3. The persons referred to under (1) require the express and special authority of the Commission
for the purposes of exercising the powers defined under (2), without prejudice to Article 2 of the
General Entry Act (Algemene wet op het binnentreden).
4. The Commission is authorised to apply administrative measures of constraint pursuant to
Article 5:20(l) of the General Administrative Regulations Act, provided that this concerns the
obligation to provide assistance to an official designated by or under (1).
5. No appeal is possible on the grounds of a confidentiality obligation, where information or
assistance is required in connection with the involvement of the person concerned in the
processing of personal data.
6. Upon request, the Commission shall provide every assistance to the supervisory authorities of
the other member states of the European Union, where this is necessary for the performance of
their work.
Section 2. The data protection officer
Article 62
A responsible party or an organisation to which responsible parties are affiliated may appoint its
own data protection officer, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Commission under
Chapters 9 and 10 of this Act.
Article 63
1. The only persons who may be appointed as officers are natural persons who possess adequate
knowledge for performing their duties and can be regarded as sufficiently reliable.
2. With respect to the performances of their duties, officers may not receive any instructions from
the responsible party or organisation which appointed them. They shall sustain no disadvantage
as a consequence of performing their duties. Responsible parties shall give officers the
opportunity to perform their duties properly.
3. Officers shall take up their duties only after the responsible party or organisation which
appointed them has registered them with the Commission. The Commission shall maintain an
up-to-date list of registered officers.
4. Officers have an obligation to treat as confidential any information disclosed to them in
connection with a complaint or request by data subjects, unless the said data subjects have given
their consent thereto.
5. Officers shall produce an annual report on their activities and findings.
Article 64