1. Where processing is carried out by institutions or services for the purposes of scientific
research or statistics, and the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure that the
personal data can only be used for statistical or scientific purposes, the responsible party shall
not be required to provide the information referred to in Article 34 and may refuse to comply
with the requests referred to in Article 35.
2. Where personal data are being processed which form part of archive records transferred to an
archive storage place under Articles 12 or 13 of the Archives Act 1995 (Archiefwet 1995), the
responsible party shall not be required to provide the information referred to in Article 34.
CHAPTER 8. LEGAL PROTECTION
Article 45
A decision taken in response to a request referred to in Articles 30(3), 35, 36 and 38(2), and a
decision taken in response to the registering of an objection referred to in Articles 40 or 41, shall
be equivalent to a decision within the meaning of the General Administrative Regulations Act,
where this decision has been taken by an administrative body.
Article 46
1. Where a decision referred to in Article 45 has been taken by a body other than an
administrative body, the party concerned can apply to the district court with a written request to
order the responsible party to grant or reject a request referred to in Articles 30(3), 35, 36 or 38(2),
or to recognise or reject an objection referred to in Articles 40 or 41.
2. The application must be submitted within six weeks of receiving the reply from the
responsible party. In the event that the responsible party does not reply within the time limit, the
application must be submitted within six weeks of the expiry of this time limit.
3. The court shall find in favour of the request where it is ruled to be well-founded. Before
handing down a ruling, the court shall, where necessary, give the parties concerned an
opportunity to put forward their views.
4. The twelfth title of the First Book of the Code of Civil Procedure, with the exception of Article
429d(3), applies. Article 345 of the said Code does not apply.
5. The third section of the fifth title of the Second Book of the Code of Civil Procedure is likewise
applicable.
Article 47
1. Within the time limit provided for an appeal based on the General Administrative Regulations
Act or referred to in Article 46(2), the party concerned may apply to the Data Protection
Commission with a request to mediate or give its opinion in the dispute with the responsible
party, or make use of the provisions concerning the arrangement of disputes in a code of conduct
which has been the subject of a declaration as referred to in Article 25(1). In that case,
notwithstanding Article 6:7 of the General Administrative Regulations Act, the appeal may still
be lodged or the court proceedings provided for in Article 46 still initiated after the party
concerned has received notice from the Data Protection Commission, or further to the provisions
concerning the arrangement of disputes in a code of conduct which has been the subject of a
declaration as referred to in Article 25(1), that the case has been dealt with, but at the latest six
weeks after that moment.