2. During the period when the appeal and the proceedings referred to under (1) are being dealt
with, the bodies responsible for dealing with the dispute may obtain the opinion of the Data
Protection Commission.
Article 48
The bodies responsible for dealing with the dispute shall send a copy of their verdict to the Data
Protection Commission.
Article 49
1. Where any person suffers harm as a consequence of acts concerning him which infringe the
provisions laid down by or under this Act, the following paragraphs shall apply, without
prejudice to other legal provisions.
2. For harm that does not comprise damage to property, the injured party has the right to fair
compensation.
3. Responsible parties are liable for harm resulting from non-compliance with the provisions
referred to under (1). Processors are liable for this harm where this was incurred as a result of
their actions.
4. Responsible parties or processors may be exempted wholly or partially from this liability
where they can prove that the harm cannot be attributed to them.
Article 50
1. Where responsible parties or processors act in contravention of the provisions laid down by or
under this Act and other parties sustain, or may sustain, harm as a consequence thereof, the
courts may, at the petition of the other parties, impose a ban on such conduct and order them to
take measures to remedy the consequences of that conduct.
2. Processing cannot form the basis for a claim by a legal person referred to in Article 1:2(3) of the
General Administrative Regulations Act or Article 3:305a of the Civil Code, where the persons
affected by this processing object thereto.
CHAPTER 9. SUPERVISION
Section 1. The Data Protection Commission
Article 51
1. An Office of the Data Protection Commission has been established with the task to oversee the
processing of personal data in accordance with the provisions laid down by and under the Act.
The Commission shall also oversee the processing of personal data in the Netherlands, where the
processing takes place in accordance with the laws of another country of the European Union.
2. The Commission shall be asked to issue an opinion on bills and draft texts of general
administrative regulations relating entirely or substantially to the processing of personal data.
Article 52