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Article 4Right of access by data subjects, right of erasure and right to restriction of processing#
1.Where the Commission restricts, wholly or partly, the right of access to personal data by data subjects, the right of erasure, or the right to restriction of processing as referred to in Articles 17, 19 and 20 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, it shall inform the data subject concerned in writing and without undue delay, in its reply to the request for access, erasure or restriction of processing, of the following:
(a)the restriction applied and the principal reasons on which the application of the restriction is based;
(b)the possibility of lodging a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor or of seeking a judicial remedy with Court of Justice of the European Union.
2.The provision of information concerning the principal reasons for the restriction referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), may be deferred, omitted, or denied for as long as this would cancel the effect of the restriction The Commission shall assess if such a restriction is justified on a case-by-case basis.
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