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(10) Sabiex ikun żgurat livell konsistenti u għoli ta’ protezzjoni tal-persuni fiżiċi u sabiex jitneħħew l-ostakoli għaċ-ċirkolazzjoni tad-data personali fl-Unjoni, il-livell ta’ protezzjoni tad-drittijiet u l-libertajiet tal-persuni fiżiċi fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar ta’ din id-data għandu jkun ekwivalenti fl-Istati Membri kollha.
L-applikazzjoni konsistenti u omoġenea tar-regoli għall-protezzjoni tad-drittijiet u l-libertajiet fundamentali tal-persuni fiżiċi fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar ta’ data personali għandha tkun żgurata fl-Unjoni kollha.
Fir-rigward tal-ipproċessar tad-data personali għall-konformità ma’ obbligu legali, għat-twettiq ta’ kompitu li jsir fl-interess pubbliku jew fl-eżerċizzju ta’ awtorità uffiċjali mogħtija lill-kontrollur, l-Istati Membri għandhom ikunu jistgħu iżommu jew jintroduċu dispożizzjonijiet nazzjonali biex jispeċifikaw aktar l-applikazzjoni tar-regoli ta’ dan ir-Regolament.
Flimkien mal-liġi ġenerali u orizzontali dwar il-protezzjoni tad-data għall-implimentazzjoni tad-Direttiva 95/46/KE, l-Istati Membri għandhom diversi liġijiet speċifiċi għas-settur f’oqsma li jeħtieġu dispożizzjonijiet aktar speċifiċi.
Dan ir-Regolament jipprovdi wkoll marġni ta’ manuvrar għall-Istati Membri biex jispeċifikaw ir-regoli tagħhom, inkluż għall-ipproċessar ta’ kategoriji speċjali ta’ data personali (“data sensittiva”).
Sa dak il-punt, dan ir-Regolament ma jeskludix il-liġijiet tal-Istati Membri li jispeċifikaw iċ-ċirkostanzi għal sitwazzjonijiet speċifiċi ta’ pproċessar, inkluż li jiġu ddeterminati b’mod aktar preċiż il-kondizzjonijiet li taħthom l-ipproċessar ta’ data personali jkun legali.
(10) In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of natural persons and to remove the obstacles to flows of personal data within the Union, the level of protection of the rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to the processing of such data should be equivalent in all Member States.
Consistent and homogenous application of the rules for the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data should be ensured throughout the Union.
Regarding the processing of personal data for compliance with a legal obligation, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, Member States should be allowed to maintain or introduce national provisions to further specify the application of the rules of this Regulation.
In conjunction with the general and horizontal law on data protection implementing Directive 95/46/EC, Member States have several sector-specific laws in areas that need more specific provisions.
This Regulation also provides a margin of manoeuvre for Member States to specify its rules, including for the processing of special categories of personal data (‘sensitive data’).
To that extent, this Regulation does not exclude Member State law that sets out the circumstances for specific processing situations, including determining more precisely the conditions under which the processing of personal data is lawful.
The latest consolidated version of the Regulation with corrections by Corrigendum, OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, p. 2 ((EU) 2016/679). Source: EUR-lex.