# Derivation — eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_002/b

> COMPOSED TEXT - NOT AUTHENTIC. This is the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) with the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 July 2026) applied by a deterministic, gated parser. Only the Official Journal publications are authentic law; no official consolidated version existed when this was generated. Corrigenda R(01)-R(04) do not correct the English text (verified against CELLAR). Every fragment's derivation chain is available in the source graphs (vault: data/graph/). Not legal advice.

- Page: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_002__b.html
- Structured: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_002__b.llm.json
- Text version: 2026-07-27 (generated 2026-07-31)
- Site version: v0.1.4
- Provisions root hash: `77c4ca7c208d73adc24b9a41eb29724bee29a41df98b786b85c57852fa3ae6bd`
- Instruction id: `eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_002/b`
- Operation: replace · level: paragraph
- In force: 2026-07-27
- Payload sha256: `08ed363bdf9b43f366b159644215798d7c2fdaa95ade99a093172f01f8116960`
- OJ Formex member: `L_202601744EN.000101.fmx.xml` (CELEX 32026R1744)

## Context (enacting terms)

> Article 2 is amended as follows:

## Instruction (quoted official text)

> paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:

## Quoted payload (official replacement/inserted text)

7.Union law on the protection of personal data, privacy and the confidentiality of communications applies to personal data processed in connection with the rights and obligations laid down in this Regulation. Without prejudice to Articles 4a and 59 of this Regulation, this Regulation shall not affect Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or (EU) 2018/1725, or Directive 2002/58/EC or (EU) 2016/680.;

## Affected provisions

### `eu-2024-1689/art_002/par_007` — amended

**Before (as published):**

7. Union law on the protection of personal data, privacy and the confidentiality of communications applies to personal data processed in connection with the rights and obligations laid down in this Regulation. This Regulation shall not affect Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or (EU) 2018/1725, or Directive 2002/58/EC or (EU) 2016/680, without prejudice to Article 10(5) and Article 59 of this Regulation.

**After (composed current text):**

7. Union law on the protection of personal data, privacy and the confidentiality of communications applies to personal data processed in connection with the rights and obligations laid down in this Regulation. Without prejudice to Articles 4a and 59 of this Regulation, this Regulation shall not affect Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or (EU) 2018/1725, or Directive 2002/58/EC or (EU) 2016/680.

- sha256 of composed text: `43ef64a0654a6c6360dc65b77d73bf7e78ffb3b9feac639d1a3d76d11bd2a614`
- derivation.json: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/provisions/eu-2024-1689/art_002/par_007/derivation.json

## How to check this

Compare the quoted instruction and payload above (hash-anchored to the OJ Formex bytes of CELEX 32026R1744) against the before/after text. That is the whole verification for this provision — about two minutes. Report the result, including the root hash above: https://github.com/Risk-Mandate/Risk-Mandate__EU-AI-Act__Current-Text/issues/new?template=provision-check.yml