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·The protection of the personal data guaranteed by the Regulation travels with the data outside the EU ensuring a high level of protection 10 . While the architecture of the rules on international transfers in the Regulation remains essentially the same as that of the 1995 Directive, the reform clarifies and simplifies their use and introduces new tools for transfers. As regards adequacy decisions the Regulation introduces a precise and detailed catalogue of elements that the Commission must take into account when assessing whether a foreign system adequately protects personal data. The Regulation also formalises and expands on the number of alternative transfer instruments, such as standard contractual clauses and binding corporate rules.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.