Treaty of Lisbon/Article 1 - Treaty on European Union/Article 24

44) Articles 26 and 27, renumbered 24 and 25, shall be replaced by the following two articles, with Article 25 replacing Article 47:

"Article 24 In accordance with Article 15a of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and by way of derogation from paragraph 2 thereof, the Council shall adopt a decision laying down the rules relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Member States when carrying out activities which fall within the scope of this Chapter, and the rules relating to the free movement of such data. Compliance with these rules shall be subject to the control of independent authorities.