EU decision-making at a glance: How do EU laws get approved?

This chart describes the main steps of the codecision procedure, the most common decision-making procedure among EU Institutions. For more details, please refer to official EU websites. An illustrative timeline of the EU General Data Protection Regulation process and relevant glossary terms can be found within the chart.

The IAPP additionally published a European Institutions and Regulators Digital Governance Stakeholder Map, which provides an overview of EU institutions, their roles, their specific areas of responsibility, and their current leadership, as well as relevant regulatory bodies.